Starter Villain

Starter Villain establishes Scalzi as SF's leading humourist SFX Locus and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi brings us a turbo-charged tale of a family business with a difference as Charlie discovers upon inheriting it. This one comes with a hidden headquarters, minions, talking cats and villainous rivals worthy of James Bond. Warning: anti-hero in training. Risk of world domination. Inheriting his late uncles business proves complicated. Its also way more dangerous than Charlie could ever have imagined. Because his uncles supervillain status was a secret until now. Divorced, broke and emotionally dependent on his cat, Charlie wasnt loving life. Although they werent close, news of his Uncle Jake's death didnt help. And that was before Jakes rivals (seriously vengeful ones) ambushed his funeral. Now Charlie must decide if he should stay stuck in his rut, or step up to the family trade enemies, minions, hidden volcano lair and all. Even harder to get used to are the operations sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats and the fact that theyre management. If Charlie does say yes to all this, his lifeline could become a death wish. Because theres much more to being an Evil Mastermind than he suspected. Yet could this also, finally, be his chance to shine? Talking spy cats and unionised dolphins whats not to like? New Scientist Prepare to be delighted and surprised Daily Mail The book had me hooked from page one London Weekly News