MRC RECOMMENDS: Shifta by Miles Joyner
“A technothriller that sent chills up and down my spine…”
-Mystery Review Crew
Shifta
By Miles Joyner
Genre: Technothriller, Thriller
Series: Bazaar Series Book 2 (See our review of Book 1, Bazaar)
An act of domestic terrorism during a cultural parade in downtown D.C. inflicts multiple casualties, including the life of a young Congressman, and law enforcement agencies are quick to conclude it was carried out by a mentally ill lone wolf manipulated by a chatbot.
Executive protection specialist Yemi Uzunma survives the attack and suspects it may be connected to an online prediction market widely thought to have been shut down called the Bazaar. He launches his own investigation into a mysterious, ideologically motivated assassination broker not only for the safety of his CEO sister’s clientele at Raptor Security but also for the preservation of order in a region facing a sudden spike in violence directed toward the power elite who call it home.
Shifta is the second book in the Bazaar series of novels that follows the security contractor Raptor as it deals with the ramifications the prediction market has on the political celebrities of the capital region.
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Review of Shifta by Miles Joyner
A new world has arrived.
Shifta (Bazaar Series, Book 2) by Miles Joyner is a technothriller that sent chills up and down my spine, reading like a true crime novel. We are back with Yemi Uzunma, whose job is to protect those who are targeted for assassination on the Bazaar hit list. Homegrown terrorists are coming out of the woodwork and will stop at nothing to collect the bounty.
The Bazaar is an online assassination market on the dark web. They had shut it down once, but Raptor, a security contractor, has uncovered a new hit list. Chatbots and vehicles being hacked, control being taken out of the drivers’ hands, victims being tracked by drones… become all too real. Is no one safe?
Unputdownable. Action packed, with political intrigue, crime, technology, and twists and turns that come out of nowhere, just like the assassins. I love thought-provoking books that stick with me long after I have finished reading them, and the Bazaar series fits the bill. At times, I could visualize the action unfolding as if I were watching a movie or, even better, a TV series.
The story is not over, and I look forward to reading more of the Bazaar series. I am excited to see how far Miles Joyner can go.
About Miles Joyner
Miles is a fiction writer who works in D.C. as a video editor. He has had an obsession with the effects technology has on society since being raised by a father who was a computer programmer and a mother in workforce development. He still pursues filmmaking in between books and finds that writing in the technothriller genre only enhances that passion even more. Miles is an active member of the International Thriller Writers, where his first book, Bazaar, was selected for their Debut Authors Program.
