Starter Villain (Exclusive OwlCrate Edition)

This listing is for the exclusive OwlCrate limited edition of Starter Villain by Hugo award-winning author John Scalzi.

Starter Villain is a funny and heartwarming rags-to-riches tale following a down-on-his-luck, unemployed, thirty-something man who inherits his uncle’s supervillain empire. OwlCrate's limited edition is perfect for those new to the sci-fi genre.

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 stand-up, 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, hyperintelligent 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.

Features for OwlCrate's limited edition:⁠

• Signed by John Scalzi
• Exclusive redesigned dust jacket by @fleeting_ember
• Reversible dust jacket designed by @panjooolart
• Printed hardcover case with foil designed by @vera.drmanovski
• Foiled end pages designed by @krouya_
• Stenciled edges designed by @fleeting_ember
• Signed by the author on a page designed by @stubbornpagemage
• Author letter bound into the book
• Ribbon bookmark
• Book size: 5 ⅜” x 8 ¼“
  

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