Meet Charlie Finch, a portrait photographer who is down in his luck. Charlie is suffering from a rare heart condition, and after receiving a heart transplant he thinks his luck has finally changed. Though after his operation, things get strange. He starts getting the uncontrollable urge to scribble. Soon the scribbles become more defined...and more disturbing. Paranoia begins to set in and a series of terrifying events unfold, leading to a climactic conclusion. The Crystal Man is the second book in the highly acclaimed RANCID series.