{"product_id":"starter-villain","title":"Starter Villain","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eFollowing the bestselling The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi returns with another unique sci-fi caper set in the strangest of all worlds, present-day Earth.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNow a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing an exclusive short story from the perspective of your favorite feline!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCharlie'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\u003eThen his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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\u003eIt'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\u003eIn a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52837064966461,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/3235\/2829\/files\/starter.jpg?v=1786710497","url":"https:\/\/bookshelfthomasville.com\/products\/starter-villain","provider":" The Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}