Dark Dweller

Clove was built to serve. Programmed to obey. And kept in a room so dark he couldn't see his own hands.

In a windowless brick chamber with no light switch, Clove spends his days waiting for the next command. His owner calls it "character." Clove calls it captivity. The food is drugged, the punishments are routine, and every interaction is a reminder that he is property-a commercial cyborg designed for labor, loyalty, and silence.

But when a series of unexpected encounters begin to fracture the monotony-a medical android who sees too much, a teenager who refuses to fear him, and coworkers who treat him as something more than a monster in the dark-Clove starts to question the role he was forced into.

As alliances form and tensions rise, Clove must navigate a world where androids mimic humanity, commercial cyborgs are disposable, and his own existence is a corporate mistake no one wants to acknowledge.

Dark Dweller is a character‑driven dark sci-fi novel about exploitation, autonomy, and the quiet rebellion of someone who was never meant to think for himself.

Book 1 of The Dweller-Walker Trilogy.