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Almost Infamous

A Supervillain Novel

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Almost Infamous

By: Matt Carter
Narrated by: Nicholas Techosky
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Eighteen-year-old Aidan Salt isn't a superhero. With his powerful (and unpredictable) telekinetic abilities, he could be one if he wanted to, but he doesn't. He's unambitious, selfish, and cowardly, and he doesn't want to have to deal with all the paperwork required to become a professional superhero. But since the money, fame, and women that come with wearing the cape are appealing, he decides to become the first supervillain the world has seen in more than 20 years: Apex Strike.

However, he soon finds villainy in a world where the heroes have long since defeated all the supervillains. While half the world's heroes seem to want him dead, the other half want to hire him as their own personal villain to keep them relevant. Choosing the latter course, Aidan enters a world of fame, fortune, and staged superhero fights that is seemingly everything he ever dreamed of...at least until he sees what truly hides behind the cape-and-mask lifestyle.

Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for listeners interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times best seller, a national best seller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

©2016 Matt Carter (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
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An unexpected gem

A great take on the standard superhero tale - I will definitely look for more by this author.

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Good character growth

I like the fact that for most of the book I actually dislike the MC while seeing him slowly grow as a person over the span of the whole book.

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Cheesey but enjoyable

An enjoyable book, even if cheesey and at times uninspiring. Very good performance at points!

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brilliant super hero story!

If you like the boys, then you will love this. So well written, I am going to listen to again. already shared with muliptle people.... please, please turn this into a series!

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really enjoyable

love the story, main characters and the premise, a truly enjoyable listen, looking forward to hearing more

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Overall enjoyable

Fun, but not amazing, but a good distraction and got more compelling towards the end.

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Weird but fun

It feels like you watched a fairly decent DC movie from a slightly darker dimension with alternative history. Not the best movie out there, not really that dark, not really that unique of a perspective, actually perhaps a bit teenage vanilla stuff, but you don't regret you watched it.
As a free book - that was fun, buying it - ahaha no.

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it was ok

the story it's self was good but I just wanted to slap the main caricature, I suppose though you have to remember he is a teenager so his out look is different, but my god he was frustrating... the book was well read and the different voices given to the other characters brought them all to life ... I enjoyed it well enough but glad it was free .

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Good pace .

Well paced story,that actually progresses. Enjoyable listen . Shame narrator couldn't quite keep track of characters accents all of the time.

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Great story

What happens to the baddies? Superheroes are talked about often, this book looks at the baddies and gives them the story in a comic and entertaining way. Well worth listening to! The audible narrator is awesome!

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