A Week from Never
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7860-5226-4 (ISBN)
Description
From the bestselling Johnstones comes the latest adventure in the wild life of Cullen Murphy, a West Texas legend-in-the-making, with big dreams, fast guns, and whose word is the law. . . .
BREAK MURPHY’S LAW, FACE MURPHY’S WRATH.
Life is hard in the Old West—but so is Cullen Murphy. Orphaned as a child, he drifted from town to town across a merciless frontier, taking any job he could in order to survive. Ranch hand, cattle driver, Confederate soldier. Whatever it took, he was up for the task. But when the Civil War ended, Murphy was ready to settle down and start his own ranch in Newtown, Texas, a beautiful but untamed stretch of land with no marshal, no jailhouse—and no defense against trigger-happy lowlifes looking for trouble.
As rumors spread about a sittin’ duck of a town in that godforsaken corner of the West, every stripe of lawless miscreant comes crawling out of the Panhandle with nothing but bad intentions. Like Spade Atkins, a degenerate gambler and gunslinger ready to bet his life away. Or a gang of outlaws just itching for mayhem, with ill-gotten money to burn. Holed up three miles outside of town, it won’t be long before they come riding through. But Cullen Murphy is not one to stand down.
High noon or last call, it’s time for the deadly justice of Murphy’s Law. . . .
BREAK MURPHY’S LAW, FACE MURPHY’S WRATH.
Life is hard in the Old West—but so is Cullen Murphy. Orphaned as a child, he drifted from town to town across a merciless frontier, taking any job he could in order to survive. Ranch hand, cattle driver, Confederate soldier. Whatever it took, he was up for the task. But when the Civil War ended, Murphy was ready to settle down and start his own ranch in Newtown, Texas, a beautiful but untamed stretch of land with no marshal, no jailhouse—and no defense against trigger-happy lowlifes looking for trouble.
As rumors spread about a sittin’ duck of a town in that godforsaken corner of the West, every stripe of lawless miscreant comes crawling out of the Panhandle with nothing but bad intentions. Like Spade Atkins, a degenerate gambler and gunslinger ready to bet his life away. Or a gang of outlaws just itching for mayhem, with ill-gotten money to burn. Holed up three miles outside of town, it won’t be long before they come riding through. But Cullen Murphy is not one to stand down.
High noon or last call, it’s time for the deadly justice of Murphy’s Law. . . .
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Kensington Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7860-5226-4 (9780786052264)
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William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.
J.A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American Western History library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J.A. worked hard and learned, later going on to become the co-author of William W. Johnstone’s many bestselling westerns and thrillers. J.A. Johnstone lives on a ranch in Tennessee and more information is at WilliamJohnstone.net.
J.A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American Western History library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J.A. worked hard and learned, later going on to become the co-author of William W. Johnstone’s many bestselling westerns and thrillers. J.A. Johnstone lives on a ranch in Tennessee and more information is at WilliamJohnstone.net.