Starter Villain \;by John Sca lzi
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\n< p>Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than y ou might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.&nb sp\; Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher l iving 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. \; Th en his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (com plete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. \; But becoming a supervil lain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies\, an d 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\, soul less predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league o f supervillains. But with unionized dolphins\, hyperintelligent talking sp y cats\, and a terrifying henchperson at his side\, going bad is starting to look pretty good.