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Preorder a Signed Copy of John Scalzi's Starter Villain Today

May 14

Our pal, John Scalzi, plans once again to come to our warehouse this summer to sign copies of his new novel, Starter Villain. If you would like your copy inscribed, please mention to who in the comments section when checking out. Otherwise, we’ll assume you want the copy signed, but not inscribed. We haven’t firmed up his signing date yet, but expect it to be sometime close to the novel’s publication in September, 2023.

If you want your copy inscribed, please mention to whom in the comments section when placing your order.

About the Book:

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 standup, 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.

Preorder a Signed Copy of John Scalzi's Starter Villain Today

14th May 2023

Preorder a Signed Copy of John Scalzi's Starter Villain Today

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