He signed up to give everything away. He just didn’t know how much he’d lose.Evan is a lonely, disillusioned American man drifting through life after returning from overseas. One night, deep in a spiral of boredom and despair, he stumbles across The Program—a shadowy system where willing subjects surrender their autonomy to live under the complete control of a stranger called a Custodian. No decisions. No responsibility. Just obedience in exchange for care.It sounds too clinical to be real. Too extreme to be legal. And yet… he signs.He wakes in a country that isn’t his, inside a locked concrete shed, under the authority of Jisoo—a hauntingly quiet, strikingly young Korean woman with eyes like ink and a past she hasn’t forgotten. She remembers Evan, even if he doesn’t remember her. And she’s not interested in comfort.What follows is a slow, brutal unraveling of identity, choice, and humanity itself.As Jisoo draws Evan deeper into a world of heavy restraints, enforced silence, and creeping isolation, he begins to question whether surrendering was really what he wanted… or exactly what he needed. But by the time he begins to resist, the lines between punishment, devotion, and transformation have already begun to blur.Dark, intimate, and emotionally intense, The Program is a slow-burn femdom novelette exploring psychological captivity, extreme submission, and the terrifying beauty of total surrender.Contains graphic themes of hardcore bondage, forced helplessness, sensory deprivation, degradation, and eventual attachment—written with nuance, tension, and moral complexity. Want to support my work and get early access to future stories?Visit me at patreon.com/clarencejohnson