*“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.”*

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John Scalzi is in his element with this one. Witty dialogue, insightful commentary, and laugh-out-loud twists and turns at every juncture. Also cats. Lots of wonderful, hyper-intelligent, snarky cats. And belligerent dolphins who swear like sailors. Just read it, you won't be disappointed!

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