{"product_id":"starter-villain-by-john-scalzi","title":"Starter Villain by John Scalzi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsed softcover, minor wear, binding tight, pages bright, a very nice copy!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin's Roost Book \u0026 Yarn Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48051534528675,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9670\/3395\/files\/71NZSmFYHwL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65.webp?v=1787856826","url":"https:\/\/griffinsroostbt.com\/products\/starter-villain-by-john-scalzi","provider":"Griffin's Roost Book \u0026 Yarn Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}