{"product_id":"docile-9781250216335","title":"Docile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eK. M. Szpara's \u003ci\u003eDocile \u003c\/i\u003eis a science fiction parable about love and sex, wealth and debt, abuse and power, a challenging tour de force that at turns seduces and startles. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is no consent under capitalism.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo be a Docile is to be kept, body and soul, for the uses of the owner of your contract. To be a Docile is to forget, to disappear, to hide inside your body from the horrors of your service. To be a Docile is to sell yourself to pay your parents' debts and buy your children's future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElisha Wilder's family has been ruined by debt, handed down to them from previous generations. His mother never recovered from the Dociline she took during her term as a Docile, so when Elisha decides to try and erase the family's debt himself, he swears he will never take the drug that took his mother from him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToo bad his contract has been purchased by Alexander Bishop III, whose ultra-rich family is the brains (and money) behind Dociline and the entire Office of Debt Resolution. When Elisha refuses Dociline, Alex refuses to believe that his family's crowning achievement could have any negative side effects--and is determined to turn Elisha into the perfect Docile without it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContent warning: \u003ci\u003eDocile \u003c\/i\u003econtains forthright depictions and discussions of rape and sexual abuse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eK.M. Szpara is a queer and trans author who lives in Baltimore, MD, with a small dog and long cat. He is the author of speculative novels such as FIRST, BECOME ASHES (2021), DOCILE (2020), and a third that will follow up on his Hugo and Nebula nominated novelette, \"Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time.\" They're about cults and trauma, consent and debt, and a horny trans vampire, respectively. His short fiction appears in Tor.com, Uncanny, Lightspeed, and more. You can find himme on the Internet at kmszpara.com and on Twitter and Instagram at @kmszpara.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717961519378,"sku":"9781250216335","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_00c15a52-ca9f-47db-ab9b-d08eae1b1789.jpg?v=1734631196","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/docile-9781250216335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}