{"product_id":"starter-villain-john-scalzi-9798885791489","title":"Starter Villain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Scalzi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8885791484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798885791489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.35w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Awards - Winner","brand":"John Scalzi","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":45476597694719,"sku":"9798885791489","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ed15099-7c19-42d6-99bb-470958e74730.jpg?v=1715909699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/starter-villain-john-scalzi-9798885791489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}