{"product_id":"starter-villain-book-john-scalzi-9781250879394","title":"Starter Villain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFeaturing an exclusive short story from the perspective of your favorite feline!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50779243118865,"sku":"CIN1250879396VG","price":11.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50812658876689,"sku":"CIN1250879396G","price":9.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50942085955857,"sku":"GOR014135725","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51022221246737,"sku":"NIN9781250879394","price":18.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250879396.jpg?v=1751049972","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/starter-villain-book-john-scalzi-9781250879394","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}