The Cleaners

Some jobs you carry home. For Fenn, a state Cleaner, that means living with the weight of a body count he stopped tracking years ago.In a world where spending your last drop of magic turns you into a rabid, mindless husk, Fenn is the perfect weapon—a tired, unfeeling cog in a monstrous machine who kills so normal people can live in peace. But when a routine assignment shatters his apathy, he is left with a choice he can't kill his way out of.Caught between the orders he has blindly followed and a creeping moral horror he can no longer ignore, he begins to question the very foundations of his world. To survive the system he serves, Fenn will have to face his own horrific actions and decide what he is willing to become to learn the truth.Weekly updates: One new chapter every week.Tone: Dark, slow-burn, character-driven fantasy.The Protagonist: A tired, complicit Cleaner forced to face his own horrific actions.The Conflict: Psychological dread and moral horror over cheap action.The World: A lethal magic system and a deep-seated state conspiracy.