Bazaar: A Techno Thriller

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Bazaar: A Techno Thriller

Bazaar by Miles Joyner

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A high-profile homicide of a former ambassador’s son in the nightlife district of the nation’s capital gets connected to an assassination market on the dark web. When political elites panic upon finding their names listed on the online dead pool, entrepreneurial siblings Karen and Yemi Uzunma see a business opportunity for their DC area-based executive protection firm, RAPTOR. Their first major client becomes the ex-diplomat himself, Chiedu Attah, but to guarantee his safety, they realize they are going to have to go to war in the streets with an inventive contract killer who will not stop attacking until Attah suffers the same fate as his son.

Praise for Bazaar:

“Bazaar is not just about action; it unfolds layer by layer, offering more than just a high-stakes thriller.”
~ Priya Bhasin, The Bibliophilic World

“Truly an interesting book with a perspective rarely seen in fiction”
~ Jeff Sexton, Head Librarian for Hardcover.app

“A fast-paced book that caught me off guard more than once.”
~ The Mystery Review Crew

“If you like complex, suspenseful, thrills, chills, hidden agenda type books, then I recommend giving Bazaar by Miles Joyner a try.”
~ Susan Blogs About Books

“Saying that I was awestruck by Miles Joyner’s character development and knowledge of subject matter would be an understatement. I highly enjoyed this novel.”
~ J.M. Clark, Author of Palace Program series of novels

Book Details:

Genre: Technothriller
Published by: World Castle Publishing
Publication Date: March 24, 2025
Number of Pages: 355
ISBN: 9798305201901 (HC) 9798891263369 (PB)

When U.S. Taxpayers funded research into a potential ‘assassination market’

Within the past decade, there have been multiple (and successful) prediction markets focused on betting on the potential outcomes of world events. These include the new Zealand/D.C. based PredictIt as well Polymarket and Kalshi, both founded in New York City. But over a decade before of PredictIt’s beginnings, there was another company called NetExchange who was developing a futures exchange of its own with the funding for the research coming from one other than the Pentagon.

The proposed Policy Analysis Market (PAM) was a prediction market that would future contract trading based on political and economic developments in the Middle East. There were plans to have traders predict military activity, political instability, and economic growth in places like Libya, Saudi Arabia, or Israel.

So what happened to it? The Department of Defense pulled the plug after U.S. senators called it a market for assassination and terrorism at a press conference. NetExchange, had promised to relaunch the program but would avoid events involving violence in the securities. George Mason University economist Robin Hanson, who was involved with the creation of PAM, wrote that they were never going to let people bet on terrorist attacks.

The controversy surrounding PAM and FutureMAP in the early 2000s was a big inspiration to the fictional assassination market depicted in my debut novel, Bazaar. Watching a prediction market generate panic from politicians before its actual existence made me wonder what would happen if a future exchange with nefarious means actually existed, shielded by the anonymity of cryptocurrency and the dark web?

Bazaar is available now on all platforms where books are sold.

Bazaar Author Miles Joyner

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A lifelong fiction writer, Miles turned to penning novels after nearly a decade of holding various producer/editor roles in the D.C. area media industry.

He still pursues filmmaking in between books and finds that writing in the thriller genre only enhances that passion even more.

Miles is an active member of International Thriller Writers where his novel, Bazaar, was selected for ITW’s Debut Authors Program. He also attends monthly meetings for Novels in Progress DC.

To learn more about Miles, click on any of the following links: www.TheBazaarVerse.com, Amazon Author Profile, Goodreads, Instagram – @maroonguerilla, X – @maroonguerilla, Facebook – @joynermh & YouTube – @mjoyner

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