Charlie's life has been going steadily downhill for several years. When he sees a report that his wealthy uncle has died, he doesn't expect it to impact his life since he hasn't heard from the uncle since his mom's funeral decades ago. But when he has to stop the guests from stabbing the corpse at the funeral to make sure it's actually dead he begins to suspect that not all of his uncle's wealth came from owning parking garages. Before he knows it, he has inherited a private island complete with volcano and hidden base. Charlie's first crisis as a new supervillain comes as soon as the plane lands. It seems some of his minions feel that their working conditions are unfair, so he's forced to fake his way through negotiations with supersmart asshole dolphins. The supersmart cats are management, so they don't have any complaints. Then he has a crash course in supervillain 101 because in less than a week he's due to meet the other dozen supervillains. All of which hated his uncle and see him as easy prey.

If the scenario seems a bit ridiculous just go with it and there will be plenty of laughs along the way. These are supervillains like those from James Bond rather than super powered villains. They're loosely bound into an organization that Charlie's uncle enjoyed sabotaging as often as possible, so most of them want to kill Charlie and divide up his assets. They're used to dealing with mega rich assholes, not a former journalist turned substitute teacher, so he frequently survives by simply failing to meet their expectations and solving his labor issues by encouraging his minions to unionize. 

It's a fun relatively fast read rather than a deep or thought provoking one. Wil Wheaton's career as a narrator continues to grow and he has received positive reviews for his work on Starter Villain.