How to Succeed in Evil
How to Succeed in Evil is the story of Edwin Windsor, Evil Efficiency Consultant. He tries to help supervillains be more villainous. Or at least more profitable and sensible about the business side of Evil. Along with his very proper and English secretary Agnes and his hench-lawyer Topper, he struggles to make the world of superpowered people make sense. But this is very difficult because, while Edwin’s advice is excellent, all of his clients are too egomaniacal to listen. There is, it must be said, a bit of comedy in this work.
Edwin struggles with a cast of characters including, Dr. Loeb, a trust fund child who desperately wants to be an Evil Genius, but has none of the talent. Dr. Loeb’s hideous mother, Iphagenia – who’s evil scheme is to foment a second Southern Rebellion, beginning with Lower Alabama. And the Cromogoldon, a brute with forehead villainous low and quite possibly the strongest creature on the planet.
Inevitably, Edwin’s unique clientel lead him into direct conflict with the greatest superhero of them all, Excelsior. And so, the quiet, restrained intellectual is pitted against heroic force.
Sometimes dark, often funny, here’s what people have said about How to Succeed in Evil in the iTunes comments section:
“When something is this good, it’s never long enough. The concept alone is downright hilarious!”
“This story is a brilliant critique of modern business practices and corporate culture. In this wicked comedy, Patrick E. McLean illustrates how the supervillians of yesteryear simply pale in comparison to the ruthlessness of Edwin, his “evil consultant.”
“This series is spectacular. Patrick tells stories that take unexpected twists and turns and manage to be both funny and sarcastic in the process. If you want a fun time (or to take over the world) this is the place.”
How to Succeed in Evil has been featured in the iTunes store and it has won a Parsec Award for best Speculative Fiction, Long Form.
Here’s a promo: ‘Evil Novel Promo
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Or listen at http://www.succeedinevil.com
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