We said that The Kaiju Preservation Society “brings a welcome dose of impish heart and humour to a story with grand scale and grand scales” in our review and now author John Scalzi is back with Starter Villain, another unique sci-fi caper set in the strangest of all worlds: present-day Earth.
We’re delighted to reveal the cover for Starter Villain above and Chapter One below. But first, check out the official synopsis…
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 sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats.
And the fact that in the overall organization, they’re management . . .
Want to find out more about being a starter villain? Of course you do! You can do that by reading Chapter One right here.
John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors. His debut, Old Man’s War, won him science fiction’s John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, The End of All Things and Redshirts, which won 2013’s Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog Whatever has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter, and many cats.