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Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

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Carl and Princess Donut survived the opening floors. The third is the Over City — a ruined metropolis where an undead circus prowls the streets, murdered women fall from the sky, and the dungeon has invented a cruel new way to keep ratings up: quests.

Book two of the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series, in a print edition with bonus material available nowhere else. The Wall Street Journal calls the series “comically cosmic”; Slate says it has become “profoundly and endearingly human.” A television adaptation is headed to Peacock.

Carl and Donut’s ratings are off the charts, which is the only reason they are still breathing. It is also the reason the dungeon keeps raising the stakes.

The third floor is the Over City, a sprawling ruin devastated by a calamity nobody will explain. The streets are far from abandoned.

Then come Quests — optional on paper, mandatory in practice, and written by producers who want a better episode. Refusing has a cost; accepting has a worse one.

Underneath the carnage is a real mystery about what happened to this city and what the dungeon is actually for. Carl starts asking questions the show would rather he didn’t.

This print edition includes part two of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret,” found in no other version. And yes, Carl is still looking for pants.

Carl and Princess Donut survived the opening floors. The third is the Over City — a ruined metropolis where an undead circus prowls the streets, murdered women fall from the sky, and the dungeon has invented a cruel new way to keep ratings up: quests.

Book two of the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series, in a print edition with bonus material available nowhere else. The Wall Street Journal calls the series “comically cosmic”; Slate says it has become “profoundly and endearingly human.” A television adaptation is headed to Peacock.

Carl and Donut’s ratings are off the charts, which is the only reason they are still breathing. It is also the reason the dungeon keeps raising the stakes.

The third floor is the Over City, a sprawling ruin devastated by a calamity nobody will explain. The streets are far from abandoned.

Then come Quests — optional on paper, mandatory in practice, and written by producers who want a better episode. Refusing has a cost; accepting has a worse one.

Underneath the carnage is a real mystery about what happened to this city and what the dungeon is actually for. Carl starts asking questions the show would rather he didn’t.

This print edition includes part two of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret,” found in no other version. And yes, Carl is still looking for pants.

  • Publisher: Ace

    Title: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario

    Author: Matt Dinniman

    On Sale Date: September 24, 2024

    ISBN 13: 9780593820261

    ISBN 10: 0593820266

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $30.00

    BISAC: Fiction / Science Fiction / Humorous (+2)

    Page Count: 384

    Dimensions: 9 in H | 6 in W

  • Matt Dinniman is a writer, artist, and bass player from Gig Harbor, Washington. He self-published the first Dungeon Crawler Carl novel in 2020, and word of mouth — helped enormously by Jeff Hays’s audiobook narration — turned it into one of the biggest independent fiction success stories of the decade, leading to a print deal with Ace and New York Times bestseller status. Universal International Studios and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door acquired the series for television, with a series order at Peacock.

  • Readers are calling it relentless, inventive, and surprisingly tender.

    • Slate writes that the series has become “profoundly and endearingly human.”

    • The Wall Street Journal calls it a “comically cosmic adventure series.”

    • USA Today says the highly addictive, hilarious series keeps drawing in new fans.

    • Readers single out the Over City floor as the moment the series turns genuinely frightening.

This book is for you if

  • You finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and need the next floor immediately.

  • You want the print edition with the exclusive bonus story you cannot get anywhere else.

  • You like your comedy braided with real horror and real grief.

  • You enjoy a mystery buried inside the action — the Over City has a secret worth solving.

  • You are here for Princess Donut, and you will not be apologizing for it.

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