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Availability:Out of StockContributor:John ScalziPublish date:2023-11-28Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a CengageISBN-13:9798885791489UPC:9798885791489Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science Fiction, Superheroes (See Also Comics & Graphic NovelsBook Topic:Action & Adventure, Superheroes)Award:2024 Alex Awards Winner - Adult/For Young Adults AwardSize:8.50 x 5.35 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC4KE78JW5

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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a CengageISBN-13:9798885791489UPC:9798885791489Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science Fiction, Superheroes (See Also Comics & Graphic NovelsBook Topic:Action & Adventure, Superheroes)Award:2024 Alex Awards Winner - Adult/For Young Adults AwardSize:8.50 x 5.35 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC4KE78JW5
JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular SF authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Redshirts (which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel), The Last Emperox, and 2022's The Kaiju Preservation Society. Material from his blog, Whatever, has earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.
Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage

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🏆 2024 Alex Awards Winner - Adult/For Young Adults Award

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