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A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman

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A Parade of Horribles

Matt Dinniman

Penguin Publishing Group · Hardcover · May 12, 2026

Reading lane: Fantasy Adventure

It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Normal, Dungeon-Style

Races, escalating tracks, and ominous glitches make routine feel like a suspiciously temporary condition.

Come here for

  • Vehicle upgrades and increasingly challenging races
  • The uneasy gap between business as usual and impending chaos

Expect

  • Dungeon rules that constrain Carl’s agency
  • A dangerous plan with stakes beyond Carl and Donut

Book Details

Authors
Matt Dinniman
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
May 12, 2026
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Fantasy Adventure · Dark Fantasy
Reading lane
Fantasy Adventure

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Fantasy Adventure

  • Sci-Fi Adventure

  • LitRPG

About This Book

It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition. 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. Well, normal for the dungeon. Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for t...

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It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition. 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. Well, normal for the dungeon. 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. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple. 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 A Parade of Horribles . Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.” Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine. Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do. 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. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been. Includes part eight of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”

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