February Spec Fiction Book Club: Dungeon Crawler Carl

The February Speculative Fiction book club will be reading Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman!

The group will meet at the table in the back of the store.

About the book:
The apocalypse will be televised!

A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible.

In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth—from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds—collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground.

The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. A dungeon so enormous, it circles the entire globe.

Only a few dare venture inside. But once you're in, you can't get out. And what's worse, each level has a time limit. You have but days to find a staircase to the next level down, or it's game over. In this game, it's not about your strength or your dexterity. It's about your followers, your views. Your clout. It's about building an audience and killing those goblins with style.

You can't just survive here. You gotta survive big.

You gotta fight with vigor, with excitement. You gotta make them stand up and cheer. And if you do have that "it" factor, you may just find yourself with a following. That's the only way to truly survive in this game—with the help of the loot boxes dropped upon you by the generous benefactors watching from across the galaxy.

They call it Dungeon Crawler World. But for Carl, it's anything but a game.

About the Bookstore:

Book club attendees get 10% of their purchase the day of the event!

Bathroom: All gender, but small and not normally available to the public because it's in the back office. The owner is making exceptions for people who are at the store for events. The sink is outside the bathroom.

Accessibility: There are no stairs. The bookstore aisles are wide enough for a wheelchair. The bathroom is not, however, and might not be accessible for disabled people who use other devices. It's very small and it's in the back office.

Covid: Masks optional. There will be an air purifier. Please do not attend if you are feeling sick.

Find free parking a couple blocks away from the store, paid street parking, and a cheap paid lot on the same block. Attendees are encouraged to use public transit.

Drinks are welcome, but please no food unless medically needed.

Buy the book through HBB's bookshop.org page: https://bookshop.org/shop/hauntedburrowbooks
(Please set your supported store to HBB!)

Or pick up a copy at Haunted Burrow Books!

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56791389-dungeon-crawler-carl?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7