Abrskil
Years into an epidemic, the quarantine system still functions. Meals are issued. Beds are counted. Transfers are logged. Mistakes are corrected-eventually.
Daniel Mercer knows the difference between what the paperwork says and what is actually there. He delivers meals through East housing, where his wife Mara is getting worse and where a delayed update can mean an extra tray, an empty bed, or one more chance to keep her fed.
At first, Daniel only uses what the system would waste. Then he learns which delays can be extended, which counts can remain open, and how easily an exception can become a procedure when the numbers still add up.
Correct on Paper is a slow-burn psychological dystopian novel about bureaucracy, scarcity, love, and the point at which protecting one person becomes deciding what everyone else can afford to lose.