Payback Is Hell: Book III of the Evil Stryker Series

by Wes Rand, Troy Lambert (Narrator)

Senator George Hearst has hired former Major Neville Stryker to collect on a bet. Hearst won the San Francisco Examiner in a poker game and wants to give the paper to his son, William, but the owner is reluctant to settle the debt. Hearst enlists Stryker’s unique, persuasive skills. Letters have worn off the stamped name on the saddle skirt of the ex-officer, and what remains best fits the man. Evil Stryker.

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Published February 3, 2026

About the author

Wes Rand is the bestselling author of the Evil Stryker series (Left to Die, Cross Cut, and Payback is Hell). Rand was inspired by author Ayn Rand combined with his passion for western novels and the desire to create something gritty and real, the idea for the Evil Stryker series was born. His books follow Stryker on the run from a murder he did commit and living by his own code of conduct, killing all who gets in his way. Based on a political world, Rand writes about a mean antihero set in the historical west. But these are anything but your grandfather’s westerns.

Wes Rand was an Artillery Officer in the U.S. Army during the 1960’s. He pays alimony. He doesn’t like to golf but lives on a golf course. He has been bucked off a horse and two women.
He has a cabin in the mountains where he writes and hikes while his wife plays golf in Las Vegas. Rand enjoys living under the open skies in Nevada and Utah.

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