{"product_id":"a-parade-of-horribles-9780241836880","title":"A Parade of Horribles","description":"\u003cp\u003eCARL IS PLANNING SOMETHING DANGEROUS, BUT AT WHAT COST?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe eighth explosive installment in Matt Dinniman''s best selling LitRPG series, and it''s off to the races ...\u003cbr\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''[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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''If there''s a better LitRPG than Dungeon Crawler Carl, I haven''t read it'' Shirtaloon, author of He Who Fights Monsters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell, normal for the dungeon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaces. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt all seems a a little too simple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIgnore 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarl hates that it''s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause if it goes wrong, it''s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they''ve ever been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes part eight of the exclusive bonus story \"Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matt Dinniman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48982075310331,"sku":"9780241836880","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9780241836880.jpg?v=1781561710","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/a-parade-of-horribles-9780241836880","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}