Content notice: The Fortress contains references to objectification of and violence against women, pedophilia, sexual assault, submission, and toxic masculinity.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE FORTRESS

Copyright © 2018 by S. A. Jones

First published by Echo Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, in Australia and New Zealand in 2018

First published in North America, Canada, and the United Kingdom by Erewhon Books, LLC in 2020. Erewhon Books edition edited by Liz Gorinsky.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2019955474

ISBN 978-1-64566-006-4 (ebook)

Cover and cover text design by Marina Drukman

Interior design by Sean Ford

Cover photographs by PhotoAlto / Alamy Stock Photo (man), FL Historical M / Alamy Stock Photo (branch), United States Model 1833 Dragoon Saber with Knot / Private Collection / Photo © Don Troiani / Bridgeman Images

First US Edition: March 2020