New from Twisted Jezebel Press
SALVATION Arrives September 11 — Pre-order Now on Amazon
Book 1 of the Jonah Grady Series by Frank Faustino. Available for pre-order on Amazon now, free to read in Kindle Unlimited at launch, with the audiobook narrated by Joshua Story coming to Audible.
Twisted Jezebel Press is proud to announce Salvation, the debut thriller from Frank Faustino and the opening book of the Jonah Grady Series, releasing September 11, 2026.
The year is 2047. America has become the Dominion, a fascist theocracy where faith is law and the wrong kind of man is a crime. Jonah Grady, a gay ex-SAS operative, escaped Kentucky twenty years ago and swore he would never go back. When his parents die in suspicious circumstances, he crosses the border one last time to settle their estate and bury his past for good. What waits for him is the Redemption Hunt: a sick game in which wealthy fanatics cleanse their souls by killing sinners. They believe they have caught their prey. They have no idea what they let in.
Early readers keep reaching for the same shorthand: Reacher, Bourne, Rambo, but queer, furious, and off the leash. A kinky, gay Rambo, Reacher, and Ryan thriller in one.
One of ours
You shop here, so let's be honest with each other. Jonah is a sadist and a masochist, and the book doesn't apologize for either or bury them in subtext. Pain is how he was raised, pain is how he copes, and in the right hands, pain is how he plays, on both ends of it. The men hunting him think hurting him is the point. They have no idea it's a language he speaks fluently in both directions, and they are about to hear it spoken back.
The sex is on the page and explicit. The power dynamics are real, negotiated, and sometimes not, and the book knows the difference. This is a thriller first, but it's a thriller written by one of us, about one of us: a sadomasochist written by someone who knows the difference between a scene and an assault, where the kink is part of the man instead of a costume he takes off for the reader. It's brutal, it's graphic, and it earns every warning on the label. That's why it's in this house.
SALVATION · Jonah Grady Series Book 1 · Twisted Jezebel Press
September 11, 2026 · Kindle & Kindle Unlimited · Audiobook narrated by Joshua Story, coming to Audible
The critics
“With nuanced queer representation, a plot that maintains its momentum the whole way through, impeccable world-building, and sharp prose, Frank Faustino's action-packed SALVATION is a perfectly executed thriller.”
— Maria Zafar, IndieReader
“These hunters come armed with futuristic technology, while Jonah's weapons are his masochism and training.”
— Maria Zafar, IndieReader
“This absorbing tale has terrific action scenes, and readers will barely have time to catch their breath.”
— Christian Sia, Readers' Favorite
“The prose sparkles through every page, and the plot moves at a relentless pace, making you feel as though you were riding a wave.”
— Ruffina Oserio, Readers' Favorite
The readers
★★★★★
“Calling it Gay Reacher doesn't even begin to scratch the surface on how good it is… It was an absolute wild ride and I genuinely loved every second.”
— NetGalley Reviewer
★★★★
“We don't get enough queer male protagonists who are allowed to be this messy, this capable, this unapologetic, and still be the hero.”
— NetGalley Reviewer
★★★★
“It's brutal. It's graphic. It doesn't pull punches. Read the content warnings. More than anything, though, it's incredibly satisfying.”
— NetGalley Reviewer
The hunt begins September 11
Pre-order now and it lands on your Kindle at midnight. Free to read in Kindle Unlimited at launch.
Want it signed and dedicated? We do that here.
Get a Signed CopyNot ready to commit? Read the first three chapters free, or follow The Final Countdown: weekly short fiction from Jonah's last free days in London, counting down to the morning he crosses into the Dominion.
SALVATION · Jonah Grady Series Book 1 · Frank Faustino · Twisted Jezebel Press · September 11, 2026
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