Every building on Earth collapses at once, and the survivors learn that the planet has been repossessed and reopened as an eighteen-floor dungeon. Carl, a Coast Guard veteran who ran outside in a leather jacket and heart-print boxers, goes down the stairs with his ex-girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, because the only other option is to stay on a surface that no longer exists.

What waits below is a trap-filled game with levels, loot, and a system that rewards spectacle, because the whole crawl is being broadcast to an audience across the galaxy. As Donut discovers she is a natural celebrity and Carl works out how the rules can be turned against the producers, Dungeon Crawler Carl becomes a funny, brutal story about staying human inside someone else's entertainment.

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