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Starter Villain

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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.

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288 pages

Average rating: 7.79

129 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

scienceVSmagic
Oct 05, 2024
6/10 stars
Our club was 50/50 on this one. Half of us found it to be immensely entertaining in its subverted trope absurdity, while the other half found it to be... a book. We all agree it was a very quick read, but only one member seemed interested in reading more of this author's work.
Lindsey B
Jun 24, 2024
8/10 stars
4.25 stars - I adored this book, even more than I thought I would, and highly recommend it for those in search of a short, fun read.
KBenoit
May 17, 2024
8/10 stars
Intelligent animals are my favorite
WineforReading
May 12, 2024
7/10 stars
Witty, light-hearted and sarcastic. I never would have read this on my own but so glad I did.
bdgump
Apr 30, 2024
8/10 stars
This was a fun and sarcastic read - definitely recommend picking it up!

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