Raycen Stone Blanton, an art prodigy, is lead down the path of early fame and fortune only to have his world turned upside down through a chain of events over which he has no control. He suffers a near death experience, is shanghaied, thought to be a serial killer and eventually changes his identity to escape the consequences of the being famous. Hiding out in a mountain community, he becomes the old man of the mountain and but for the prying of an investigative reporter, he has the perfect cover.