The downward spiral of a tormented soul. A young man working his way through medical college long ago seems drawn into the darkness against his will... or maybe not? His life becomes one of stealing hope, not giving it. This is a tale of that time and that country, of families that his path crossed; a tale of unrelated lives stitched together only by a dark thread made of his elusive shadow. The Pale Thin Man is a tapestry of light and dark, of hope and despair, of love and loss, with a host of humorous, beautiful, droll, and sinister characters.