Payback at Morning Peak

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From Academy Award winner Gene Hackman, an epic and immersive 19th-century Western novel about family, revenge, and redemption.

Teenager Jubal Young is forced into manhood much sooner than expected when he returns to his family farm and discovers it burned down, with his mother and sister raped and murdered and his father left for dead. Alone in the world, he buries the bodies of his family and heads west to seek vengeance on the outlaws responsible.

With his Pa’s wisdom and memories of his family echoing in his head, Jubal enlists the help of a kindly local judge, determined to set things right. Hunting the outlaws across New Mexico’s frontier and gold mining towns, Jubal doesn’t yet know how to exact his revenge—but he knows that nothing can stop him in this epic Western odyssey from one of America’s most beloved actors.

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Gene Hackman was the author of two novels and coauthor of three other novels. He was a two-time Academy Award–winning actor with lauded performances in such films as UnforgivenBonnie and ClydeThe French ConnectionMississippi Burning, and The Poseidon Adventure, among others. He lived in New Mexico and died in 2025.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Pocket Books (June 7, 2011)
  • Length: 400 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781451623581

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