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Laura Antoniou is the author of The Marketplace books. The main thread through these books is the idea of the marketplace, a secret society of people dedicated to training and selling slaves to qualified masters/mistresses. The books consist of:
- The Marketplace
- The Slave
- The Trainer
- The Academy
- The Reunion
Through these books, Antoniou explores the concept of meta-consent, gratification through service, consentual slavery, and the support structures needed to maintain a hidden society. Two characters are featured: Robin, a natural masochist who is trained to be a Marketplace slave by Chris. Robin struggles with her needs and desires having trouble satisfying them in pure service to her various masters.
Chris is a more complex character. Born a woman, Chris is a mix of dominant and submissive traits. A troubled childhood leads Chris into assuming the role of a man and eventually to surgical modfication. Chris is a trainer of slaves, having been trained himself in the classical Marketplace methods.
Laura Antoniou has also published many other books including the "Leather Women" anthologies. She is a frequent speaker at BDSM events and lives with her partner in New York city.
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