Nothing Tastes as Good

Emmett Truesdale has never felt at home in the image-obsessed culture of Southern California. Stuck in a dead-end retail job and struggling with the lasting effects of childhood trauma, he has spent years searching for a way to change his life. Every diet has failed, and every attempt at reinvention has left him feeling more trapped than before.

When he joins a clinical trial for a revolutionary weight-loss treatment called Obexity, the results are nothing short of miraculous. The pounds disappear at an impossible rate, his confidence soars, and for the first time, doors begin to open. As his body changes, so does the way the world sees him.

But Obexity's success comes with a disturbing cost. Emmett begins experiencing missing periods of time, unsettling cravings, and increasingly alarming blackouts. Then people connected to his past start disappearing. As reports emerge of a brutal killer stalking the city, Emmett is forced to confront a horrifying possibility: the treatment may be transforming him into something far more dangerous than he ever imagined.