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STARTER VILLAIN ; A TURBO CHARGED TALE OF SUPERVILLAINS, MINIONS AND A HIDDEN VOLCANO
John Scalzi
- Tor Books
- 31 Octobre 2024
- 9781509835416
Locus and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi brings us a turbo-charged tale of a family business with a difference - as Charlie discovers when he inherits it. This one comes with a hidden headquarters, minions, talking cats and James Bond-like supervillain rivals.
''Starter Villain establishes Scalzi as SF''s leading humourist'' - SFX
Warning: supervillain in training. Risk of world domination.
Inheriting his late uncle''s business proves complicated. It''s also way more dangerous than Charlie could ever have imagined. Because his uncle had kept his supervillain status a secret - until now.
Divorced and emotionally dependent on his cat, Charlie wasn''t loving life. Although they weren''t close, news of his Uncle Jack''s death didn''t help. And that was before Jake''s rivals (seriously vengeful ones) ambushed his funeral. Now Charlie must decide if he should stay stuck in his rut, or step up to take on the business, the enemies, the minions, the hidden volcano lair . . .
Even harder to get used to are the sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats - and the fact that in the organization''s hierarchy, they''re management. If Charlie does say yes, this lifeline could become a death wish. Because there''s much more to being an Evil Mastermind than he suspected. Yet could this also, finally, be his chance to shine?
Praise for John Scalzi:
''Hugely enjoyable, intelligent and good-humoured fun'' - The Guardian
''Sheer geeky pleasure from start to finish'' - Financial Times
''An escapist delight'' - The Times -
''John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today'' - Joe Hill In New York City, Jamie Gray is a driver for food delivery apps. That is until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls ''an animal rights organization''. Tom''s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn''t tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They''re the universe''s largest and most dangerous animal and they''re in trouble. It''s not just the Kaiju Preservation Society whose found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi is a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set on an alternate Earth - perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky and Charles Stross. -
John Scalzi''s Head On , is a chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural. Head On brings Scalzi''s trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports. To some left with nothing, winning becomes everything . . . In a post-virus world, a daring sport is taking the US by storm. It''s frenetic, violent and involves teams attacking one another with swords and hammers. The aim: to obtain your opponent''s head and carry it through the goalposts. Impossible? Not if the players have Haden''s Syndrome. Unable to move, Haden''s sufferers use robot bodies, which they operate mentally. So in this sport anything goes, no one gets hurt - and crowds and competitors love it. Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. But is it an accident? FBI agents Chris Shane and Leslie Vann are determined to find out. In this game, fortunes can be made - or lost. And both players and owners will do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.