Mariel is a dark, high-stakes story that doesn’t hold back — not on emotion, not on faith, not on risk. I wrote it because I’ve never found a story that holds everything I am — autistic, trans, spiritual, angry, hopeful, broken, and still reaching for something holy. This book lives in that tension. It’s violent. It’s vulnerable. It’s cinematic. And it’s personal as hell.

What makes it different? It doesn’t offer clean heroes or easy answers. Mariel asks what survival looks like when God feels silent, and whether damaged people can still be vessels for something good. It blends spiritual horror, queer romance, political darkness, and post-traumatic grit into one story — and still makes space for meaning. If you’ve ever felt like you don’t fit cleanly into a box, or a genre, and you’ve always felt that you had the voice to scream who you are but can’t quite reach deep enough to let it out - this book might be for you.

Stylistically, it draws energy from shows like Midnight Mass, The Leftovers, and Fringe — but with an even more intimate, character-centered focus. It’s high-concept, but human first.

The manuscript is complete, awaiting a proper home. But I want to build this with readers — to hear what moves you, what lingers, what themes hit hardest. Whether you preorder, follow, or just share it with someone who might connect — you’re helping bring this story to life and push it toward something bigger, including potential film/TV adaptation.

That is my dream.

This is one of the paths I’m taking to get Mariel out there — and I’m ready.

-A.J. Frazier