Ben Nevis is a sophomore engineering student at Iowa State with a bad girlfriend and a new, very odd roommate. "Sway" doesn't seem to have much of a personal history or a firm grasp on modern life, but he talks about World War I as if he fought in it. As they begin living together in a cozy dorm room, weird attacks surround them and even weirder feelings grow between them. Random strangers pick fights, Ben's girlfriend becomes ever more abusive, and roommate slaps on the back turn into cuddling. How Ben reacts to all these strange changes could mean love or death for both of them!