Docile

Docile is a science fiction parable exploring love and sex, wealth and debt, abuse and power. To be a Docile is to be kept, body and soul, by the owner of one's contract. Dociles are expected to forget, disappear into themselves, and endure their service. The practice allows people to sell themselves to pay family debts and secure their children's futures. Elisha Wilder's family has been devastated by generational debt. His mother never recovered from Dociline, a drug administered during her time as a Docile. When Elisha decides to erase his family's debt by becoming a Docile himself, he resolves never to take the drug that harmed his mother. His contract is purchased by Alexander Bishop III, whose ultra-wealthy family created Dociline and runs the Office of Debt Resolution. When Elisha refuses the drug, Alex dismisses concerns about its side effects and becomes determined to make Elisha the perfect Docile without it. Content warning: This book contains explicit depictions and discussions of rape and sexual abuse.