First Print: 500,000

Editor: Wade, Jessica

It's off to the races for Carl and Donut in the eighth book in the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series.

OUR FIRST EVER FRONTLIST DCC HARDCOVER LAUNCH will mark the first time we publish in the same season as the author's self-published ebook and Audible's audiobook and ensures this will be a huge publication

HUGE DEMAND FOR THIS ENORMOUS BREAKOUT HIT with over 1.5 million copies in print across all 7 titles, and every hardcover hitting the New York Timesbestseller list and 4.5 million units sold across all formats for the series

A BREAKOUT STAR IN LitRPG: This emerging genre in science fiction and fantasy, where the reading experience feels like playing a video game has, like fan fiction of other kinds, launched hugely successful novels. DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL is already one of the most popular books in this area

SOCIAL MEDIA SENSATION: On TikTok, LitRPG and Dungeon Crawler Carl hashtags have 13+ million views; On Reddit, R/LitRPG and R/DungeonCrawlerCarl have over 100K members, and Matt Dinniman's AMA was the top post in 2023 on the LitRPG subreddit; and on Goodreads, Dungeon Crawler Carl has 141K+ adds to shelf with over 81K+ ratings.

EVENT STAR + CULT FOLLOWING: Matt's enormous events are consistently sold out with fans who attend in cosplay as his characters and even get Carl tattoos

INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIAL that fans will love

WE OWN MORE BOOKS IN THE DCC SERIES AND A STAND-ALONE TITLE OPERATION BOUNCE HOUSE

Author Residence: Gig Harbor, WA

Author Hometown: Gig Harbor, WA

Setting: Dungeon beneath the Earth's surface