The Misery Market: Part Two

In a world where misery can be measured, priced, and traded, the system was never meant to stop at one man's grief... it was meant to spread. As the Misery Market embeds itself deeper into Sector 9, four teenagers are lured into a dangerous new forum where dares, leaderboards, and emotional self-harm blur the line between curiosity and collapse. Meanwhile, Nia Vollen follows the trail left behind by Khari, uncovering a hidden chain of disappearances and a refuge in Sector 12 where the Market's rules may not fully apply. At the centre of it all is Dr Elias Morran, the architect of the Market, whose carefully defended system begins to show cracks as old losses, buried guilt, and a growing rebellion force him to confront what he has built. But the deeper Vollen digs and the higher the boys climb, the closer we get to exposing just how broken the system might be. In a world where every trade leaves a mark, the real danger is not pain... It's the people who learn how to profit from it.

Pagina's: 199, Paperback, Independently published