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Emperor Mollusk Versus The Sinister Brain

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Emperor Mollusk Versus The Sinister Brain

Contributors:

By (Author) A. Lee Martinez

ISBN:

9780316093538

Publisher:

Little, Brown & Company

Imprint:

Orbit

Publication Date:

26th March 2013

UK Publication Date:

14th March 2013

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

813.6

Prizes:

Short-listed for Green Mountain Book Award 2015

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 142mm, Height 208mm, Spine 23mm

Weight:

320g

Description

Emperor Mollusk.

Intergalactic Menace. Destroyer of Worlds. Conqueror of Other Worlds. Mad Genius. Ex-Warlord of Earth.

Not bad for a guy without a spine.

But what's a villain to do after he's done . . . everything. With no new ambitions, he's happy to pitch in and solve the energy crisis or repel alien invaders should the need arise, but if he had his way, he'd prefer to be left alone to explore the boundaries of dangerous science. Just as a hobby, of course.

Retirement isn't easy though. If the boredom doesn't get him, there's always the Venusians. Or the Saturnites. Or the Mercurials. Or. . . well, you get the idea. If that wasn't bad enough, there's also the assassins of a legendary death cult and an up-and-coming megalomaniac (as brilliant as he is bodiless) who have marked Emperor for their own nefarious purposes. But Mollusk isn't about to let the Earth slip out of his own tentacles and into the less capable clutches of another. So it's time to dust off the old death ray and come out of retirement. Except this time, he's not out to rule the world. He's out to save it from the peril of THE SINISTER BRAIN!

Reviews

Divine Misfortune reads like a mash-up of Neil Gaiman, Monty Python, and a sugar-bombed nine-year old.--Locus
Abundant, zany humor.--Publishers Weekly on Monster

Author Bio

A. Lee Martinez was born in El Paso, Texas. At the age of eighteen, for no apparent reason, he started writing novels. Thirteen short years (and a little over a dozen manuscripts) later, his first novel, Gil's All Fright Diner, was published. His hobbies include juggling, games of all sorts, and astral projecting. Also, he likes to sing along with the radio when he's in the car by himself. For more information on the author, check out www.aleemartinez.com or follow him on twitter @aleemartinez.

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