[SOLD OUT!] Matt Dinniman at Third Place Books

Third Place Books is delighted to welcome Matt Dinniman, author of the runaway cult sensation Dungeon Crawler Carl series, to our Lake Forest Park store! Matt will launch the latest book in the series, , as well as the new graphic novel edition of . Matt will be joined in conversation by science fiction and fantasy book reviewer Bookborn.

What you need to know:

• All tickets come with a book. You can choose A Parade of Horribles, Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Graphic Novel, or both. Books will be distributed at the event and cannot be picked up in advance.
• All books will be pre-signed.
• Your ticket also come with a Mystery Dungeon Level Patch, courtesy of our friends at Lit Escalates! Single patch randomly selected from a full set of unique patches featuring each Dungeon Level in Dungeon Crawler Carl.
• A limited number of tickets come with access to an additional post-event signing. Signing line tickets will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Discussion-only tickets will become available when discussion + signing line tickets run out. ALL tickets include access to the discussion.
• Customers with signing line tickets may have 1 item personalized and 1 item signed, for a total of 2 items
• Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite. Pre-ordering the book will NOT grant you access to the event.
• If you purchase a ticket but are unable to attend the event, your book will be placed on hold at our Lake Forest Park store. You may request to have your book transferred to our Ravenna or Seward Park neighborhood stores.

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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.”

The LitRPG fantasy smash hit phenomenon and New York Times bestseller, DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, is now a graphic novel for the very first time!
The Apocalypse WILL be televised!
You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Getting stuck on a sadistic alien game show with her cat. Join Carl and Princess Donut as they try to survive the end of the world — or just get to the next level of a trap-filled fantasy dungeon.
With vibrant art done by Laurel Pursuit to bring action-packed battles to life, join as Carl fights his way through the dungeon in heart-speckled underwear.
And of course, the grizzly scenes are only balanced with the incredibly fluffy, wide-eyed stare of its main character, Princess Donut.
A ton of heart and effort was poured in creating a series with a script and style that would both appeal to WEBTOON readers and also lovers of DCC, all while consulting author Matt Dinniman the entire way about character designs, story, - EVERYTHING!
We couldn’t resist taking the apocalyptic awesomeness of the DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL WEBTOON and adapting it into the FIRST EVER graphic novel series!
Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.
This volume collects episodes 1-14 of the WEBTOON edition.

Matt Dinniman is a writer, artist, and musician (well, he's a bass player) from Gig Harbor, WA. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series.

A Seattle local, Bookborn is a YouTuber known for her in-depth fantasy book video essays and deep-dives, including her popular A Song of Ice and Fire reviews and Brandon Sanderson Cosmere-connection videos.

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.*

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