Many thanks to NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group for gifting me a digital ARC of the new book by John Scalzi - 4.5 stars rounded up!
Charlie is just scraping by, working as a middle school substitute teacher and living in his deceased dad's house. Even the house isn't his - it's shared by his step-siblings that have nothing to do with him. He dreams of buying the local pub where he has good memories, but has no money to do so. So when he gets a mysterious visit from someone who says that his uncle whom he hasn't seen since he was 5 left him his company, he was intrigued. But discovering that his uncle's in the supervillain business and you are now tasked with protecting it is a whole other thought process. And it gets weirder from there.
I was a big fan of this author's previous book, The Kaiju Preservation Society, and loved this one too. It takes place in present time, but quite a different reality underneath the surface. Super-smart cloned spy cats in management? Talking dolphins wanting to unionize? Super villains trying to outsmart each other? Buckle up - this is a fun, sci-fi light book that will have you laughing while flipping the pages to see how it will all end. Highly recommended - especially if you like cats!
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