

- series:Dungeon Crawler Carl, genre:LitRPG, genre:science fantasy
A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend. **It is bedlam on the eighth floor.** As management reels from the unexpected conclusion of the seventh level, the surviving crawlers stumble onto the eighth and find themselves scattered. It’s a map based on Earth’s final days before the collapse, where ethereal, intangible ghosts of humanity go about their lives, oblivious of the impending doom. Living amongst these ghosts are monsters based in Earth lore. “Legendary” creatures tied to the geographical location they inhabit. Each team of crawlers is given a task: find and capture six of these beasts. The captured monsters will be turned into cards. Cards that can be summoned into battle again and again. The stronger, the deadlier, the better. At the end of the floor, the bad guys will also have decks, and they will have some of the most powerful cards available. So it’s crucial to assemble the toughest squad possible. But, like always, there is a catch. There’s always a catch. As Carl and Donut know all too well, just because someone is captured, it doesn’t mean they have been tamed. Her name is Shi Maria. She’s easily the most powerful monster in their area. If they want to survive, they must capture her. But she is no ordinary beast. She’s intelligent. She was once married to a god, a god who is now missing. Her special attack is known to drive one insane. They call her the Bedlam Bride. “Beware, beware. Beware the Eye of the Bedlam Bride”
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Unpretentious, classical in form, contemporary and plot-driven.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Matt Dinniman
- First published
- 2023
- Pages
- 832
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, Dandy House, Audible Studios
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9798396866379
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Matt Dinniman is a writer and artist from Gig Harbor, Washington. He lives with his wife, family, and menagerie of animals.
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