Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



Starter villain / John Scalzi.

Scalzi, John, 1969- (author.).

Summary:

"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, hyper-intelligent 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780765389220
  • ISBN: 0765389223
  • Physical Description: 264 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2023.
Subject: Inheritance and succession > Fiction.
Good and evil > Fiction.
Supervillains > Fiction.
Corporations > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Uncles > Fiction.
Genre: Humorous fiction.
Science fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 58 of 71 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 71 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield FIC Scalzi (Text) 38955500106084 Adult Fiction Available -
Selma Public Library FIC Scalzi (Text) 38950611554181 Young Adult Fiction Battle of the Book In process -