Starter Villain (2023, Pan Macmillan)
English language
Published Sept. 21, 2023 by Pan Macmillan.
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. The undersea volcano lairs. The minions. The plots to take over the world. The international networks of rivals who want you dead.
Much harder to get used to...are the the sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats.
And the fact that in the overall organization, they're management...
A fast and fun read. And bonus: while the cats can't talk, they can type out what they are thinking on special keyboards.
Expository dialogue for most of the book. Some truly funny bits though.
I discoved Scalzi with this book. Liked the humor and many fun ideas...
Another genre-bending romp from @scalzi@mastodon.social. Fast and fun, this book was a great bit of mental floss to kick off another year of reading. As always Scalzi delivers laugh-out-loud lines with clever dialog and banter. Pick up a copy at your local bookstore or at the nearest public library ASAP.
