num_pages: 489
description:  There is no consent under capitalismDocile is 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.To 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.Elisha Wilders 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 familys debt himself he swears he will never take the drug that took his mother from him. Too 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 familys crowning achievement could have any negative side effectsand is determined to turn Elisha into the perfect Docile without it.
language: English
title: Docile
publisher: Tor.com