W.C. "Lead" Leadbeater, learning that the entire world is mind-warped by a psionic satellite, transforms into his favorite comic book swamp monster, Slime-thing. Somehow, school continues in spite of nova conditions, and he moves to Nite City, where he begins the use of medical marijuana. He steals a device, the monad, which actually changes him into Slime-thing--but it also changes him in ways he never expected.