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DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL IS SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARK AWARD

One man. One cat. One alien invasion. Infinite chaos.

Dive into the first explosive Dungeon Crawler Carl adventure - a wild mix of sci-fi, fantasy, and twisted survival comedy.

If there s a better LitRPG than Dungeon Crawler Carl, I haven t read it Shirtaloon, author of He Who Fights Monsters

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You know what s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat.

And you know what s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic, intergalactic game show.

That s what.

And now Coast Guard veteran Carl and his ex-girlfriend s cat, Princess Donut, must try to survive the end of the world or just get to the next level in a video game-like, trap-filled, fantasy dungeon.

A dungeon that s actually the set of a reality TV show with countless viewers across the galaxy. So not only do they have to stay alive, but they also need to earn ratings based on their performance.

Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain t your ordinary game show.

Keeping viewers entertained is essential. Survival, however, is not.

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Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I m obsessed Princess Donut is my queen Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day

I don t always say nice things about a book just because the writer has compromising pictures of me engaging in some very complicated international crimes, but when I do, I say them about Matt Dinniman s Dungeon Crawler Carl! Also, this series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch

[A] comically cosmic adventure series often laugh-out-loud funny Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut The Wall Street Journal

This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever. Also for anyone who wants to read a good book. Or maybe anyone who has been outside at night?in their underwear?looking for their cat and wondering What s the worst thing that could happen? Once you start, you won t put it down Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series

One of the most bananapants, funny, inventive books I have read in a while Book Riot

Dungeon Crawler Carl is just one big smile all the way through. Put on your best pair of boxer shorts and sit back for a truly fun and enjoyable read New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson

'Dungeon Crawler Carl is a dangerously addicting tale of chaos and mayhem. I m thoroughly hooked! - #1 New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB COMES THE THRILLING NEW MYSTERY IN THE 'WE SOLVE MURDERS' SERIES - A GLOBE-TROTTING, PAGE-TURNING ADVENTURE.

Packed with clever twists HARLAN COBEN

At sunrise, high in the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a beautiful private villa. On the body is a threatening note, signed by a mystery man.

Back at We Solve Murders HQ, Amy, Rosie and Steve leap at the chance to take on their first proper case. So what if their new client seems to have his own reasons for avoiding the police? All they need to do is uncover who left the note, and then find them. Simple.

But once they start digging, the suspects keep piling up: there s Sweden s most-wanted criminal, a canny ex-wife and a fierce business rival yet the murderer keeps evading them. And as the trio chase a villain through the shadows, danger travels closer to home . . .

Between Italy and Palm Springs, via Barcelona and Steve s village pub, can the team catch an elusive killer who knows EXACTLY where to hide?

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Praise for Richard Osman:

Irresistible LEE CHILD

So smart and funny. Deplorably good IAN RANKIN

Osman just gets better SHARI LAPENA

I smiled a million times MARIAN KEYES

Warm, wise and witty VAL MCDERMID

Brilliantly suspenseful JEFFERY DEAVER

The rightful king of crime i PAPER

'The thing that shines through in Osman s writing is that he really likes people and revels in all their foibles and eccentricities . . . a delightful read' OBSERVER

Gripping and rather moving SUNDAY TIMES

The biggest new fiction author of the decade GUARDIAN

'Underestimate him at your own peril' INDEPENDENT

'Richard Osman seems incapable of missing' THE TIMES

MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings - a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal.So when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston in 1988, answering the casting call for an openly queer play, they are already taking a big risk. But that is nothing compared to what rains down on them when a mob descends on one of their rehearsals.By the end of this night, one man is dead, all are injured, and two subsequently disappear. As the survivors heal, each man finds he must confront the bigotry and homophobia that the attack laid bare. Some try to forget; some embrace their rage; and some simply vanish - but all are forever scarred.As one of the victims puts it, 'there's a difference between when something ends and when something stops'. And this story won't stop until both the disappearers and the perpetrators have been tracked, along trails both hot and cold, and an ending reached.Epic and intimate, violent and forgiving, The Disappearers is a tour de force which only Marlon James could have written - both an unflinching portrait of the hatred and shame faced by gay men in a society which refuses to accept them, and a deeply human story of acceptance and insight.

In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy — and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

- This stunning hardcover edition features a deluxe jacket with gold foil on the front and a full-colour illustration on the reverse, gorgeous designed endpapers, a gold foil case stamp, and, from acclaimed artist Avendell, a black-and-white interior illustration.'What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save'Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner — of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile, undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit?To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight—to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self—is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.