Gracie Hart dreams of being a writer. When the train she is on is robbed by outlaws, she seizes the opportunity to see her dream come true by turning innocent dupe, Mac MacLean, into her anti-hero, Scar MacLean.
Mac MacLean spends five years in prison due to Gracie Hart's testimony. When he gets out of prison he finds his life has been upended by his nemesis's using his name and image in her wildly popular gunfighter books.