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Starter Villain

Written by: John Scalzi
Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
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Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.

Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.

Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.

But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.

It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.

In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.

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An engaging story that I wish had been longer. I'm getting my cat a keyboard.

so much fun!

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thank goodness for this team. love the premise. love the delivery. Fun and somehow light hearted and just a little but dark all at the same time.

beware of cats

and dolphins!

Scalzi and Wheaton do it again!

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This book is absolutely ridiculous and I’m so glad I read it. 10/10, I laughed all the way through.

Funny and silly

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Scalzi has created an other fun romp, and Wil Wheaton's voicework is the perfect compliment. The perfect palate cleanser from the news of the day.

Over the top fun

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The story was great but the ending was a bit of a let down. Would have loved to see more of Charlie and TIL and the others.

Great book. Wish it was a series.

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