COMING SOON! Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1, Hardcover)

One minute Carl is standing outside in his boxers, chasing his ex-girlfriend's cat. The next, every building on Earth has collapsed and the survivors have been dropped into an eighteen-floor dungeon built by aliens for the galaxy's most watched game show. Kill monsters, collect loot, keep the viewers entertained, and maybe live long enough to find the stairs.

Carl is not alone, though. Princess Donut, a pampered show cat with an ego the size of a castle, gains the ability to talk and immediately decides she is the star. Their partnership is the heart of the book: absurd, violent, genuinely funny, and far more tender than anything with this many exploding goblins has a right to be.

• Book 1 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman
• Ace hardcover edition, 464 pages
• The perfect starting point: start here if you have heard everyone talking about Princess Donut
• For readers who love video game humor, tabletop campaigns that go off the rails, and found family