A worthy sequel!

This second instalment of The Supervillainy Saga is every bit as good as the first. I'm a fan of superhero books in general and I think I now consider this series to be my favourite of the genre.

This story turned out to be exactly the sort of thing I expect to get when I pick up a superhero comedy novel. It was packed with action, had plenty of memorable characters, and was dripping with hilarious humor(mostly of the sarcastic variety). The plot was good and C.T. Phipps has an engaging writing style.

This picks up where the first book ended with Gary Karkofsky AKA Merciless:The Supervillain Without Mercy returning to his home town after escaping a super prison on the moon. Due to a transporter glitch a month of his life has disappeared. To make matter worse the city has been overrun by hordes of zombies and Mandy, his wife, has been kidnapped by a rival supervillain. Gary has to rustle up his evil henchmen, Cindy and Diabloman, to help him set things right. There was also the minor problem of having to save the world from being destroyed by a doomsday cult who are eager to summon their demonic master into the mortal realm!

The story was a ton of fun. I loved the banter between Merciless and his team and was caught up in the crazy happenings of the story. Gary and his friends are easy to love despite their villainous natures!

The ending was a bit of a shock. The best thing is that it almost guarantees a sequel. One which this guy will definitely be reading as soon as it gets released.

I doubt anyone could have read this better than Jeffrey Kafer did. He was a perfect fit for Gary and really got the tone of the story.

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‘A villain in name only’

Not sure where to start! Really liked the first book, but book 2 is even better!!
Absolutely brimming with action, humour and sarcasm and is just so well, absurd, it’s brilliant!! Excellently written and performed, it’s just great!!
Charles has a fantastic way with words, it’s like you’re in the room, involved in the character’s conversations and this is enhanced with Jeffrey’s brilliant narration! I can’t wait to get on with book 3.

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great read

awsome read great charactors and narrator would recomend this book and the first one. now gonna start book three

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Classic lines for any fan of this genre

The story and characters are great, and the narrator lifts it to another level. People stared at me laughing to this on the traim

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It just keeps getting better

This is one of those where you really want to get the audio version, between the author's comic prose and the narrator's delivery, it really is a laugh a minute. This book is basically going to appeal to anyone who's vaguely geeky, male or female, especially if you're in your thirties or forties. With references from Tolkien and Pratchett to Ghost Busters and Star Wars, Phipps manages the kind of nerdy humour that leaves you laughing out loud, without needing to put anyone down or resorting to constant toilet humour. On top of all this the book actually has a genuinely interesting comic book type plot. I can't think of another author I can compare Phipps to because while there are authors who write similar stories, as a female a lot of the supposedly humorous writers leave me cold but I think most people who like shows like The Big Bang Theory would find themselves laughing along to this.

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excellent as always

funny and witty, the story is always enjoyable. good narrator as well.
too bad for the ending however but it's good to know there is still another book to go through.

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Villainy has never been so good

I enjoyed this book, in fact I am loving the whole series, it is so different from my normal type of book and a lot of fun. I think it is the humour that makes it so enjoyable. Of course there is also plenty of action to keep it entertaining and with a good all round cast of unique characters it is a must listen in my books, if you like super heros with a twist. You also have the added bonus of having no idea where the author is going to take you next. This book does continue from where the last book finished off so I do recommend that you start with that one but other than sit back and let the book take you on a wild ride.
Gary and Cloak escaped being imprisoned on the moon to find his home town over run by zombies. Can they put the band back together to fight them off because what it the point of taking over the world if it is already destroyed. Cloaks relatives have been busy while he has been gone and now they want to bring back a prime evil force to yes you have guessed it take over the world. Gary might just have to team up with some bad guy's, some unexpected good guys and even make a deal with death herself to get the job done. Then he can take over cue evil laugh.
I like the narrator chooses for this series as he does a very good job giving the characters there own voices.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Great 2. Book

Feeling a bit like a mix between Kickass, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and various super hero movies with plenty of funny pop culture references, witty dialog and plenty of action. I would love a movie of this series!

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Merciless, the villain without mercy does it again

In this second book in the series, Gary (and Cloak) continues to live the not very evil, not very merciless, almost anti-hero, wise-cracking villain's life-style. His henchman and henchwench are still around but they seem to be more scenery as the new characters, including an impossibly good-looking immortal hero, steal more of the lime-light.

The situations are insane ("I would've succeeded if not for you kids!") and the dialogue just as insane (We will call you Mercy-Lass!) and heaps of fun. The twist upon twist upon twist at the end would make Escher happy.

An enjoyable, light read. On to the next book!!

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