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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler Carl · Book 1 · 2020
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Aliens destroy humanity's buildings and turn the survivors' struggle into intergalactic reality TV. Coast Guard veteran Carl enters a deadly fantasy dungeon with Princess Donut, his ex-girlfriend's show cat.
From the publisher’s blurb
“The apocalypse will be televised!”Read the full description at Ace / Penguin Random House
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What makes it funny?
Carl meets the apocalypse in boxers and ill-fitting pink Crocs, holding an angry Persian cat. Even as he recounts the catastrophe, he has complaints about cat-show people: ordinary irritation survives alongside the end of his world.
The comedy at work
The dungeon's cruelty serves an audience. Treating human survival as entertainment gives the monster fights and game progression a dark comic setting.
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Levels and dungeon advancement structure the adventure, while alien broadcasters give it a science-fiction frame. The central partnership pairs a human survivor with a show cat.
Good to know
The opening contains repeated profanity and mass death, with people crushed to dust. Deadly traps and grotesque monsters follow in this first Dungeon Crawler Carl novel.
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Sources & further reading
- Dungeon Crawler Carl: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 1 (Unabridged) by Matt Dinniman on Apple Books
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- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman | Penguin Random House
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