Syd March is employed at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

In a cold, dystopian city drained of its compassion by industrialization and hard economic times, a homeless boy with tentacles learns to claim his own identity.