Dungeon Crawler Carl
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.
You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.
Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show.
Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.
Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”
You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.
Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show.
Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.
Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”
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Readers say *Dungeon Crawler Carl* offers a darkly humorous, fast-paced apocalyptic adventure blending RPG mechanics with snarky banter. Fans praise i...
What. A. Book. It drew me in being so funny and fresh, and then the deep dark feelings began. I can't wait to read the next one and rejoin Carl and Princess Donut!
If "bruh" was a book. I don't doubt this will be the biggest thing since sliced bread in a year, and the hype is delicious (this is definitely a book series that will hit traditionally impossible to reach audiences), but my god, the repetitive nature of the humor and plot, the numbskull hero, the lack of female characters and the treatment of the few that do exist...I don't know how this is sustaining itself for so many books with so many fans. It reminds me of Ready Player One, but even less interesting, trying so hard to be funny, and I say this as someone who plays and watches others play a lot of video games. Just put Chris Pratt in the boxer shorts, let him run around with a CGI cat, make a billion dollars, and be done.
My second time through this book, and it was just as good as I remember. What a wacky ride! A perilous, galactically televised game show where the bar keeps getting raised again and again. Buckle up!
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