L.E. Hume
Forthcoming · Debut novel

The Price of Surrender

Jenny Voss built her name arguing that voluntary servitude was a market for the desperate dressed up as a market for the free. She was brilliant at it.

The Price of Surrender — cover
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“The unbearable possibility that the truest version of yourself is the one you would never have chosen.”

01 · The Book

What it's about

The Bureau, a month-long undoing, and a woman certain she understands what will be done to her.

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02 · Extract

Elena's Dance

A scene from the novel, in full. Written for adult readers.

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03 · About

The author

A philosopher writing anonymously, under a pen name, about consent and its arithmetic.

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