Twenty-sixth century civilization teeters on the brink with Earth a radioactive ruin. The fragile world government has outlawed mutants – humans whose genes have gone wrong – and placed bounties on their heads. Leon Miller, one of a handful of bounty hunters who makes a living tracking down mutants, hunts the last of the Ten Most Wanted, a mutant known simply as “Number Six.” Despite a record high bounty, Miller’s real motivation is to find the woman, a human who has taken up with Number Six. From the decaying ruins of New York City, across the ambush-laden freak-filled outlands, and into the flesh-flaying storms of the Pacific Ditch, the dangerous pursuit unfolds. Complicating matters, the government has hired Ben Trills – a cold-blooded mercenary – to kill Number Six and all of his entourage. His strategy is simple. Shadow Miller, let him do the dirty work of flushing Number Six, then take the clean shot. And if Miller gets in the way…

Enter a wormhole in Hell, come out in the Slicks. It's hard to imagine a worse place on Earth than the polluted swamp of sludge, crude oil, and radioactive waste that now covers a fifth of the planet. Fumes trigger psychotropic reactions in those who venture into this uncharted no-man's land. Worse, bizarre creatures crawl out of that toxic slime – dangerous Outliers with ink black skin who walk on two legs, but are as fluid as the oil they eat. Leon Miller pursues a mutant deep into this nightmare wasteland. Not just any mutant. Number Six is the last of the government's Ten Most Wanted, the Holy Grail that every mutant hunter and glory-hunting wannabe aims to take down. Killing the mutant would make any soldier of fortune a legend. The record bounty isn't bad either. But few have the intelligence, resources, and nerve to go after Number Six. Fewer still will risk tracking his spoor into the Slicks. Going in is hard – getting out is damn near impossible. Enter Ben Trills, the personal mercenary of the High Counsel of the New States. Trills wants Number Six dead. While he admires Miller's mutant hunting skills, he also views the bounty hunter as a threat – one who could steal his glory or worse, bring Number Six back alive. THE SLICKS picks up where LEGENDS OF THE FALLOUT left off. The woman, an integral part of Miller's past, is still in play. The world is still a freak show. And now, the mutants have a nuclear weapon.