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Starter Villain

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.

©2023 John Scalzi (P)2023 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Humorous Science Fiction Superhero
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Had a great time listening to this book. It's funny and just the right amount out of the box.
Very well performed by Will Wheaton.

Great Book

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for cat lovers and cat haters (same for dolphins), and for fans of classic vilains.

best entertsinment this year!

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Was könnte so alles passieren, wenn dein reicher Onkel stirbt und seine Assistentin plötzlich vor deiner Tür auftaucht? Alles. "Starter Villain" ist eine herrliche Geschichte rund um Geheimgesellschaften, Familienbeziehungen, die Liebe zu einem Pub und Katzen.

Gelesen von dem zauberhaften Wil Weaton nochmal so schön, wie das Buch sowieso schon ist.

Unfassbar witzig

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Great story and, as always, a lively narration from Wil Wheaton. You kinda made me like cats more, thank you!

I laughed and laughed and loved it

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If you liked the last ten or so books by John Scalzi you will love this one, and Wil Wheaton is again the perfect guy to perform it.

Keep em coming!

Typical Scalzi, it's perfect

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