The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Matt Dinniman

Penguin Publishing Group · Hardcover · May 13, 2025

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Carl and Princess Donut journey into insanity in the wildly entertaining sixth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!

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Who it’s for
A genre-blending stop that leans playful and keeps the momentum brisk.
Genres
LitRPG, Humorous Fantasy, Sci-Fi Adventure
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, May 13, 2025

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Carl and Princess Donut journey into insanity in the wildly entertaining sixth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition! Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, have survived longer and leveled up higher than anyone ever thought they could in the galaxy’s most popular reality show, but after the shocking conclusion of the seventh level, it’s now anyone’s game.

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A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend. It is bedlam on the eighth floor. The crawlers are given a new task: Find and capture six monsters, each of which will be turned into a card. The stronger, the deadlier, the better. At the end of the floor, the bad guys will also have decks, made of some of the most powerful cards available. So it’s crucial for crawlers to assemble the toughest squad possible. But, like always, there is a catch. There’s always a catch. If Carl and Donut want a winning hand, they’ll have to capture the most lethal and terrifying monster of them all: Shi Maria. She was once married to a now-missing god. Her special attack is known to drive one insane. They call her the Bedlam Bride. But even if Carl and Donut can capture her, they know all too well that just because someone has been captured, it doesn’t mean they have been tamed. Welcome, Crawlers. Welcome to the eighth floor of the dungeon.

Genre Blend

A genre-blending stop that leans playful and keeps the momentum brisk.

Come here for

  • playful crossover energy
  • series/creator-following momentum

Expect

  • fantasy with sci-fi edges
  • urban-fantasy overlap

Where it sits

LitRPG78%
Sci-Fi Adventure64%
Humorous Fantasy51%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy Adventure
  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • LitRPG
Authors
Matt Dinniman
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
May 13, 2025
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
Fantasy Adventure