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Obedient Flesh - Part Three: Sculptured Hope
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 8 2026
Pages: 318
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if freedom was the most beautiful illusion ever sold?
Obedient Flesh: The Cost of Staying Alive exposes the quiet machinery of control that governs modern existence. From governments that demand compliance through taxes and laws, to employers, customers, and creditors who define our worth, this book tears away the comforting myths of liberty and self-determination.
Through haunting reflection and precise analysis, it reveals a world where every freedom comes with a leash - where obedience is survival, and rebellion is annihilation. We call ourselves free only because we've learned to love our cage.
Raw, poetic, and unflinching, Obedient Flesh confronts the violence hidden within ordinary life - the subtle coercions, the conditional liberties, and the mental toll of awareness itself. It is not a call to revolution, but to recognition: of how deeply the system has shaped us, and how easily we confuse movement for freedom.
For those who have ever looked at the world and felt that something invisible was holding them back - this book names the cage.
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