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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, hyper-intelligent 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.- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Scalzi, John
- ISBN: 9781250879394
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.25 x 1.00
- Number Of Pages: 272
- Publication Year: 2024
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English
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Yes, you can judge a book by its cover.
Would RecommendMarilyn H. - 2 months agoThat personality-packed cover kept catching my eye until I finally just had to buy the book. The contents did not disappoint. John Scalzi's lively caper features managerial cats, unionizing dolphins, nefarious humans and a good guy. Read it and chortle.
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Funny AF SF
Would RecommendCynthia H. - 3 months agoNot a traditional SF by any stretch of the imagination, but laugh out loud funny. Must read to believe. Dolphin section worth reading the entire book.