The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Welcome to the Iron Tangle! Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, have to team up with other contestants not just to survive, but to solve a deadly puzzle in this third, mind-twisting novel in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.
Earth has been transformed into the set of the galaxy’s most watched game show: Dungeon Crawler World, a nightmarish, multilevel, video game–like dungeon filled with traps, monsters, and mind-bending puzzles. Carl and Donut have survived so far, but this fourth level is unlike anything they could imagine. The Iron Tangle: an impossibly complicated subway system tied together into a knot of trains of all kinds, from classic steam engines to sleek modern cars. Up is down. Down is up. Close is far. The cars are filled with monsters, the railway stations aren’t always what they seem, and the exit is perpetually just a few stops away.
The top ten list is populated, and Carl and Donut have made it. But that popularity comes with a price. They each now have a bounty on their head. They must work with other crawlers to solve the puzzle of the floor, but how can they do that when they don’t know who to trust? The secret to unraveling it all may be hidden in the pages of a seemingly useless book.
Welcome, Crawlers. Welcome to the fourth floor of the dungeon.
Includes part three of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”
Earth has been transformed into the set of the galaxy’s most watched game show: Dungeon Crawler World, a nightmarish, multilevel, video game–like dungeon filled with traps, monsters, and mind-bending puzzles. Carl and Donut have survived so far, but this fourth level is unlike anything they could imagine. The Iron Tangle: an impossibly complicated subway system tied together into a knot of trains of all kinds, from classic steam engines to sleek modern cars. Up is down. Down is up. Close is far. The cars are filled with monsters, the railway stations aren’t always what they seem, and the exit is perpetually just a few stops away.
The top ten list is populated, and Carl and Donut have made it. But that popularity comes with a price. They each now have a bounty on their head. They must work with other crawlers to solve the puzzle of the floor, but how can they do that when they don’t know who to trust? The secret to unraveling it all may be hidden in the pages of a seemingly useless book.
Welcome, Crawlers. Welcome to the fourth floor of the dungeon.
Includes part three of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”
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Readers say this third installment of *The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook* remains hilariously absurd with dynamic characters and inventive problem-solv...
What I'm enjoying so much with these books is that they each have their "thing" but as you continue reading, everything is important and an extension of the books that came before it. Its a cool fantasy series plot point that I will always be behind because it entices me to keep reading and makes me look at everything that's happening as something important - reminds of how the Harry Potter books developed as well. We know that Carl's Doomsday Scenario is going to come into play somewhere along the line based on how book two ended and now we have the cookbook, which frankly I love. It's not only giving us readers a huge amount of information but it's strongly helping develop Carl's character in the dungeon.
If the first two books were Carl and Donut finding their footing, this one is them fully letting loose, and it is an absolute blast. The crafting system takes center stage and it suits Carl perfectly, because nothing is more satisfying than watching someone improvise increasingly unhinged solutions to impossible problems. New faces like Prepotente and Firas bring fresh energy, and Donut remains in peak form throughout.
Three books in and the emotional stakes keep climbing right alongside the action. There are moments here that genuinely hit hard, and they land because the groundwork has been so carefully laid. This series shows absolutely zero signs of slowing down.
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