Council of Evil (23 page)

You know the rain we had two weeks ago or that nightmare you had last night? Becker Drane can tell you exactly who or what was responsible, because Becker works as a Fixer for The Seems. From the Department of Weather to the Department of Time, The Seems keeps our world running smoothly—at least, it's supposed to …

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Copyright © 2008 by Andy Briggs
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First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Oxford University Press
Published in the United States of America in 2009 by Walker Publishing Company, Inc.
Electronic edition published in October 2011
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Briggs, Andy.
Council of evil / Andy Briggs.
p.   cm.   — (Villain.net)
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Jake Hunter goes from average bully to villain after finding a Web site that lets him download superpowers, but when he joins forces with the supervillain Basilisk, he may be in over his head.
eISBN: 978-0-80272-809-8 (ebook)
[1. Bullies—Fiction. 2. Good and evil—Fiction. 3. Superheroes—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.B76528Co 2009   [Fic]—dc22   2008040639