{"product_id":"matt-dinniman-a-parade-of-horribles-2026","title":"Matt Dinniman: A Parade of Horribles [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCARL IS PLANNING SOMETHING DANGEROUS, BUT AT WHAT COST? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The eighth explosive installment in Matt Dinniman's best selling LitRPG series, and it's off to the races ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] comically cosmic adventure series...often laugh-out-loud funny...Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut' \u003c\/b\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If there's a better LitRPG than Dungeon Crawler Carl, I haven't read it' \u003c\/b\u003eShirtaloon, author of \u003ci\u003eHe Who Fights Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell, normal for the dungeon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt all seems a a little \u003ci\u003etoo\u003c\/i\u003e simple.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Parade of Horribles\u003c\/i\u003e. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it \"a coming-out party for the ages.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEverything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Carl hates that it's business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause if it goes wrong, it's not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they've ever been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIncludes part eight of the exclusive bonus story \"Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDungeon Crawler Carl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I'm obsessed...Princess Donut is my queen'\u003c\/b\u003e Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight'\u003c\/b\u003e New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever... or maybe anyone who has been outside at night-in their underwear-looking for their cat and wondering, 'What's the worst thing that could happen?'... Once you start, you won't put it down'\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eMercy Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most bananapants, funny, inventive books I have read in a while' \u003c\/b\u003eBook Riot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dungeon Crawler Carl is just one big smile all the way through. Put on your best pair of boxer shorts and sit back for a truly fun and enjoyable read'\u003c\/b\u003e New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dungeon Crawler Carl is the best start to a series I've read this year. I wish I'd tried it sooner'\u003c\/b\u003e Will Wight, author of the Cradle series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'To describe the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and the first book in particular, one must blend the darkest, grittiest science fiction with the humour of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 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