The Mad Scientists Guid To World Domination John Joseph Adams by John Joseph Adams 9d46d342-7741-4b93-95e5-b95060c2758b, 9D46D342-7741-4B93-95E5-B95060C2758B instant download after payment.

In most adventure fiction, be it drama or melodrama, the hero is defined very much by his (or her) adversary. The hero, sadly, is the more passive figure, forever waiting for the villain to set the plot in motion, so that he can then take what ever actions are necessary to forestall it. The better the villain, the more impressive his assets— whether they be personal, with him being mentally and physically superior to the hero, or collective, in that he commands an impressive force of underlings— the more heroic his adversary becomes in taking a stand against what appear to be overwhelming odds. And, of course, in emerging triumphant. 

Things get even better in stories like those in this anthology, where the villain strides masterfully into the category of Mad Scientist. You can find yourself confronting Dr. Moreau on his island where he's busy reducing living people to the size of children's toys. Or twisting the concept of villainy against itself, as was done in X 2: XMen United, wherein the mutant heroes allied themselves with Magneto against an even greater threat, that of William Stryker. At story's end, one adversary is slain by the other, who then betrays his allies, leaving them all to die. Two mad scientists, two heinous villains, one richly dramatic climax. What more could audiences ask for?