A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl)
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition.
As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.
Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.
Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.”
Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.
Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.
So Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.
Includes part eight of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”
As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.
Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.
Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.”
Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.
Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.
So Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.
Includes part eight of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”
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Community Reviews
Okay, I need to talk about the karaoke scene. If you are listening to the audiobook, buckle up, because it is an absolute gift to humanity and I was not prepared. I was crying laughing, and then Carl went and turned into a Dachshund and, well, if you know, you know. The red rocket moment had me gasping for air. This book is chaotic and filthy and somehow also genuinely touching, and I love it with my whole heart.
The 10th and 11th floors deliver on a scale that feels almost unhinged in the best possible way. Every time I think this series has peaked, it finds a new gear. The stakes are enormous, the world-building keeps expanding in wild directions, and yet the humor and heart never get lost in it. This is dungeon-crawl fantasy firing on all cylinders, and I genuinely cannot wait to see what comes next.
While its always fun to see Carl and Donut back at it - large chunks of this book had a very hopeless feel. I get why - and I still loved it - but man is it getting hard!!
Another amazing installment with Carl and Donut. This one made me want to ask the AI, sweety are you ok? The seams are really coming undone and at the same time we see pieces of the puzzle coming together. Such a strange juxtaposition.
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