High school quarterback Bodie Houge is haunted by the spectre of a mall dweller who spends way too much time at the Altamont Renaissance Fashion Mall. Is there really a difference between Bodie and the mall dweller? As the season grinds on and his grades plummet, he begins to wonder. But in one shattering night, Bodie and all who are around him realize just what they are dealing with in... the Mall Dweller.