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?


John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. 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.