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There are no spoilers in this post.

Get it while you can. This post includes an epub and a pdf ahead of the November 11 release. Please don't share this. And if you do download it, please consider leaving an honest review on release day on Amazon as that will be very helpful to the DCC cause.

This is NOT the final final version, but it is significantly closer than what was before, and it IS the final version to be sent out on Patreon. It is minus many thousand words and minus over 1,000 typos/grammar issues, etc. and plus quite a bit of little lines here and there. That said, there are still multiple typos in here that I haven't gotten to from my editors' list. Please feel free to call any out in the comments in case they've been missed. Especially if you see anything really obnoxious.

The recap opening is new and hasn't yet been posted on Patreon (I will make a public post of it soon). Also, I wrote a short afterward about Freddie the dog.

So, what's next?

I have already started working on book 8, Working title Carl's Book of Boom and I will start updating that on here soon.

I am also attempting to finish Operation: Bounce House ASAP for ACE. I wish I was allowed to share that novel with you guys, but I am not allowed. My next appearance is at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego next Thursday the 7th. This is a ticketed event! You can't just show up, unfortunately: https://www.mystgalaxy.com/110724Dinniman

The following Friday, November 15th I will be at RAVE in Vegas https://www.authornation.live/rave 

If you go to Rave, please, please bring your own book. I will not have hardly any on me. Then after that Powells and DragonSteel, and that's it for the year.

Thank you so much for all your support. Thank you for the messages about Freddie. I can't wait to show you what's next.

Comments

Raist Brink-Forrest

OMG! This is awesome! I preordered it also...so glad to have this early treat.

Ryan Buratti

I was actually just about to ask about an ebook file! Thank you so much!

Paul pollard

Thank you Matt. And please please please people, do not share this!

Chris Porada

Hail to the king, baby!

Kyle Masters

Keep being awesome!

Jacqueline Roscher

Bought it as soon as I got the notification from Amazon. Ecstatic to have the pdf early.

Sandy Martin

I cannot wait to ignore all of responsibilities this weekend to read this! ❤️

TenLittleMen .

Okay so I’m wondering cause I haven’t seen a comment about this yet (forgive me if I missed it) But is it officially Kamal or Jamal? For the hammerhead shark. It started off as Kamal and then changed half way and I’m wondering what it’s supposed to be.

John Brand

Oh hell yeah.

Mamma Bear

You are awesome, already pre ordered the book on Amazon and audible. Can’t wait for book 8! Love your work!

Geri Lynn Myers

Yussss. So freaking excited for this!!

Britt

IM SO EXCITED

Brandon Sager

Thank you Matt! Best book series EVER!!! Ps. Don’t dare share if you care … or beware of Mongo

Jim Bowen

Thanks so much Matt. I’ll keep an extra eye out for pesky grammar and spelling gotchas but honestly, they won’t interfere with my enjoying the ride. Already pre-ordered everything that’s available.

Britt

Thank you Matt for this series it has become my favourite series of all time I cant wait to read it!!

Scott Wright

Yeaaah I didn't want to pay attention to my job tonight anyways. What a great way to start November!

Cory Wages

Thank you so much. You are the best

Fuzzy Wuz Writing

That title is perfect. I really hope you keep it.

Christine Brown

I started over from the beginning again. Excited for this one!

Andrew L

Now that I’ve read it on Patreon, I’m excited to read the epub version, before I read the pre-ordered kindle version while I wait for the audiobook.

Justin Jannicelli

Will see you at Powells! I've disguised it as a family trip 😄 thanks Matt

Ryan Buratti

I LOVE that Quasar won!!!

Mariah Renner

I've been chewing the walls waiting for this!

Jesse Lortz

Anyone know when the physical copy will be available for pre-order/ delivered? For some reason I thought the 11th but that might of been the Kindle version

lizard king

Sounds like Carl will finally use the soul cristal in book 8! I wonder what they will try to kill

dinniman

I submitted the preorder a couple days ago and its still under review. In theory it should pop up any time.

lizard king

After much searching I can recommend elven labs as tts, it free (I hadn't paid) and the voice is quite nice

DannyK

Hey, for once we can pre-order the book on Audible!

David Jones

I was trying to wait for the 11th but if this is through the final draft before the editors just trim it up... I'm not waiting any longer

David Jones

This is me. Read, then re-read final version slower, then listen to it with my wife

Endira

This made me so happy, will definitely help me through this semester. Thanks!

Lauren J

Matt you are the best! I will be reviewing this book has been a ride

Micah Keith

Amazing, thank you!

hcaelxxam

In the Ace hardcovers, doomsday scenario has the word boom embossed. Won't calling it Book of Boom make that confusing? P.S. book is great, I love it, thank you

Jesse Lortz

Mmm I don't think so. The actual book is called doomsday scenario, that boom is just a fun Easter egg for the hardcovers. Just my opinion though

Jesse Lortz

Could be cheeky and put "doomsday" inside the dust cover for carls big boom 😂

QueenofHartbrake

About how long does Jeff take to record and release audiobook after realease? 4 months?

dinniman

Book 8 isn’t (probably not) going to actually be called that. The working title for 3 was the Iron Tangle, for example.

Beth Brookshire

Yayyyy! So excited. Thanks Matt!

Daniel Cassidy

Thank you sooooo much for this Jeff! I'm still buying the Audible release. It's probably the only way my wife will consume it, and I can't wait to hear Jeff's work on it.

dinniman

It’s Jamal. I changed it the moment Kamala became the candidate. We’re not talking politics here, and I didn’t want the name to become a distraction.

Chris Sweeting

Hiii Matt. Thank you for these, small error I noticed as I went straight to read about Freddie (RIP). When discussing the ACE deal you say “ 1-3 in hardcover, and you can get it in stores all over the world. Books 3-6…” it should be Books 4-6. Thanks for all you do!

RDJ

So excited for you brother!

Nick Cottrell

This book is amazing and i will review bomb it in every good way possible once i can.

Patrick Turner

You are so awesome Matt. Any thoughts or considerations of some mini mid season POV stories of other crawlers throughout the past few levels or commented by Kevin? Stuff like Lucia or Prepotente or Ellie.

Steven Evans

What time will you be in Vegas? I work until 3 pm that day but would love to get my book signed!

Derek Reilly

I found a typo pg 671 Mordecai cast a Water Breathing scroll on Louis—we had to use the scroll version because ****Katia ****now had an extra-long potion cooldown—and as the gills formed, he quickly connected a few tubes from the new organs to the gills. Bucket Boy started quickly jamming something into the slits on his neck. This would keep them there after the water breathing ended That should be Louis

Patrick Turner

Or some crawler who didn't make it (random patrion person) but contributed to Carl and Donut's plans

David Castillo

I feel like this is an early bday present for me. My bday is in a couple of weeks, and this is just in time!

SqrlyGrly

First off - Thank you! Second, does anyone know how to make this work? My Kindle app won't recognize the epub and I have to go back to my downloads folder and reopen the PDF there each time instead of viewing on the Kindle app. Makes me lose my place everytime my screen goes dark.

DarnBaartz

I've read more in the past month than I have in years just due to this series. Book 7 is great!

solbergs

Reading this has been a joy, Matt. Looking forward to getting my copy signed from you in the future. Thanks.

Melissa Glisan

Book 7 has been a great ride along and I cannot wait until the next book!

Anthony Hudson

This book was a tragic roller coaster that paired tears and laughter

Robert Schaefer

Thank you, Matt! I've pre-ordered both ebook and audiobook (I think). I'll have both as soon as they are available, at any rate. I'll be glad to give you my good review near day 1! Please give Steve my best, if you're still hanging out at the same cons. Best wishes and congrats on your successes!

Mark

Typo: Though it completely clashes with my fit.

Mark

Got it in one. I should have checked urban dictionary first. 😂

J. Crawley

Thank you, thank you! Can't wait for the official release and now my prayers have been answered 😁

PC

You started with a baby step litrpg that was extremely enjoyable to this chaotic paradise of impossibly intricate story telling. It gets better with every book. I have listened to them all 5 times. Your a badass. Thank you.

Will Patterson

I think in the recap chapter this might be meant to say “9th Floor”: “I hope you do. Then I’ll have a little brother or sister to do my work for me. Anything else I need to remember about the 8th floor?” Quasar’s answer is about the rules of the 9th Floor.

Conner Quinn

Sick title! Very fitting and smaller in scope than some of the last more esoteric titles

PerfectYarn

I'm too much of a zoomer to even know what you thought the typo was lol.

Sandra

Thank you Matt!! When is the physical book going to be available in the UK?

Elissa Kirk

I am absolutely going to download the file while having no regrets that the ebook and audibook have already been preordered as well because all soon to be available versions are necessary 🤣. Can't wait to sit and consume in one sitting because the journey through this has been WILD. Thank you ❤️.

skindog

Have you tried "Email to Kindle"? That worked for me.

Andrew Bartlett

November 11th on Kindle. Right now if you download that file. 11th February on Audible.

Sandra

Sorry, I meant the actual book, not the kindle 😊

son of gaming

The last physical book became available to order at the same day the kindle version went life. I assume/hope it will be the same this time around

son of gaming

I don't know if this is digital hoarder syndrome but I will download the pdf and probably never open it, as I am buying the physical version as soon as it releases

Sebastian

"She can’t move until Katia makes her choice,” Victory said. “It’s a little quirk of the system. She’s not even seeing this, I don’t think. See, normally the goddess won’t even appear until Katia makes the choice, but when she’s sponsored, it changes. There’re lots of odd rules like this that cause these little game glitches. For example, did you know you can’t even leave until Katia makes her choice?”" A little bit awkwardly phrased with the triple repeat of "Katia makes her choice". Should probably be reformulated to "until a choice is made" or similar. Also, it might just be me, but I didn't like the change to "Holy mommy mother of me". I liked the thought that Uzi jesus was so shocked he broke the blasphemy clause, possibly affected by the goddess. Also honestly, I just don't get it, what the new phrase means...and even if I did it's a bit of a mouthful.

Immortal R.C.

I can’t say if this is a mistake or not, but when we first see the Party Planner, it says: Entering the hangar of Party Planner. I fell like it should be the Party Planner.

Sarah Chapman

No typos just thanks! My entire friend circle are obsessed with this book and are going to be insanely jealous.

Beth Rawson

“Holy Mary, mother of god!” is the normal exclamation. Uzi Jesus just rephrased it to reflect his own place in the phrase.

Beth Rawson

Not sure if this is a typo or if you intended to refer to Donuts original base constitution, but on pg 42; Donuts base constitution became 4 when she chose cat as her race on the 3rd floor. So if it’s meant to refer to her current base con, it would be 4, not 2.

Tyler Ott

Is the only difference between this file and the final book just typos?

Ilya Taytslin

I don’t think Matt has time for this, but DCC universe is very well suited for “shared world” anthologies — different authors (or even just one another author) writing stories of crawlers not related to Carl and Donut. There is already some surprisingly good fanfic on Royal Road

Immortal R.C.

In chapter 8, when they are talking to Arief, Brittney says: “The ‘outworlders’ won’t be immortal for long,” The outworlders are no longer immortal and all the crawlers know it from Cascadia’s message. You might want to update it to they are no longer immortal

Immortal R.C.

In the beginning of chapter 9, it says about Juice Box: ‘She was smiling broadly, but I could see the tired and worry in her eyes.’ I think it should be tiredness

Mark

“Mordecai rubbed his pasty hand across the fabric.” As a Canadian, I feel seen. 🤣

Matt Cousens

I hope Donut gets an achievement for her use of astral paw to squash Meatus. The outrage will be epic. And I am curious if that Urchin item can be combined with Raul's ability to create souls.

Mark

Typo: (missing quotation) A piece of mirrored glass appeared on the table, and she peered into it. Oh, yes. I can work with this. I do wish the lining wasn’t cerulean, but it does look good.”

Kai Dregler

R.I.P. Freddie. As one of those humans who's life was enriched by dogs i share your feelings. life's a rollercoaster and all things come to an end, unfortunately also the best ones ... but may without an end we strange humans wouldnt be able to appreciate them as we should. ♡

E

I fucking love Carl's book of boom. Keep it

FossilWreckers

Carl thinks "The very first benefit alone was what made me decide to give it to Donut" But the first benefit is "A level five Find Weakened skill" not the second benefit "lowest base stat" buff which I think is what Carl is thinking about. You still have time to cut and past the Find Weakened line in Chap 3.

Ryan

During chapter updates he's mentioned going back to earlier chapters to foreshadow some things and tweak spell and game rules and such. I'm only on chapter 4 so far in my re-read. The only differences I've noticed so far is that the prologue is now Carl getting the Residual's upgrade, and Donut's reference to what card she picked in chapter 1 was cut.

Magic Jake

Chapter 57, - Carl says: “I copied all the achievements into my inventory.” I’m guessing it should be “into my scratchpad”

Levi

Fucking clones man.

Roger S

GREAT book! So many storylines coming to a head, and so many more opening up, it will require a few reads or listens. Both in my case…

Grigorius of Tomsk, Devourer of Pop-Tarts, Victor of Many Battles

I loved that prologue! :) Also, a question... At the very end, all the crawlers who plan on taking the deal share their skills via Milk's skill and the voodoo book... But why don't they also take off and pile up all their gear and spellbooks etc for the remaining crawlers? (And I'm pretty sure the ex-crawlers acquired some goodies during their time on the 9th floor, too.) I'd imagine any crawler who's managed to survive this long would have some interesting gear by now - there's gotta be at least 100 cool things, rings, etc Carl and Donut could use to upgrade their own loadout. Right now, it sounds like all those crawlers are deliberately making the choice not to share their gear with anybody at all, which is weird. 🙃

Amy the cat Meowmy

I read the epub on the Barnes & Noble Nook app, not the Kindle. I usually read books on the Kindle but the Nook is nice for formats Kindle doesn't support.

dinniman

This is actually an interesting conversation. At first I put that the sum total of your gear's value increased the quality of your deal, but I thought that would have been well known and changed a lot of the dynamics throughout the entire series. So instead, I was initially planning on having Carl find there was a ton of left gear in the beginning of the next book, but then I thought that would be *too* much. So I compromised and added this line to the Milk conversation: “Oh, and they may have unloaded some of their gear. It’s waiting in your guild for distribution. I told them not to give it all up because some of the deals they may take will require them to use their old equipment.”

dinniman

FYI this particular typo was missed by five people, including myself. So thank you.

Joseph Christian

I forgot about the “milk” from Kaiju. Thanks for that 😑

Grigorius of Tomsk, Devourer of Pop-Tarts, Victor of Many Battles

P.S.: Does this mean that the veteran crawlers (who won't need their gear under any circumstances) were treated as just mercenaries by the AI + never got lootboxes + took all their gear (courtesy of Carl's & Quan's stockpile) with them? Those jerks! ;) (I could've sworn one of the middle chapters said the tower builders had leveled up after all their hard work.)

Sean V

Matt can you look at my DM.. I don't want to put it in here if I'm correct

Beth Rawson

Pg. 95; “Ren had chewed the pen in half...” Should be *Rend*. Pg. 116; “All three waved and me and Donut before continuing on their way.” Assuming it should be “waved *at* me and Donut” Pg. 148; “The panicked, trying-escape skunk creatures all let loose at once.” Assuming it should be “The panicked, *trying-to-escape* skunk creatures…” Pg. 210; “I patted him on his uneven head, and let out an unsettling purr.” I = Carl; him = Rend. Without a “he” before “let out an unsettling purr” it reads as if Carl is the one purring. Pg. 212; “…similar to my Grull gauntlets.” Should gauntlets be plural? Doesn’t Carl only have the one? Pg. 231; “They’d covered it all with an illusion spelled.” Assuming it should be “illusion *spell*”

DarnBaartz

Do you imagine it kind of being a post-dungeon hook for some crawlers taking the deal, like Odette was worth more with her armor and got a better deal because of it?

MJD Estorbia

This is super awesome (been reading the chapter posts as well). Has there been an announcement on when the audiobook would come out?

waterkangaroo

So what's the final word count on this bad boy?

Ian

Hey Matt! Loving the opportunity to read the full book in a new format! I found two errors that were bugging me: Continuity: Page 245 - Legendary 1914 Loot Box Page 257 - Platinum 1914 Loot Box Small error: Page 254 - the throne room is occupied by Dream forces, but a Madness Mercenary is the one left in there

Ian

Editing note (style): there are a few mentions of tier three upgrades, but the style between them is inconsistent* and some of the time is spelled, "tier III," which I suspect assistive readers will pronounce as, "tier eye eye eye." *Book 7 uses "tier-three" and "tier III", book 6 used "tier-3", "tier 3", and "tier-three". IMHO it should be "tier three", but use "tier-three" to match past style and mirror "nine-tier attack"

Erin

2/11/25 - the Audible preorder is available now

Seanbeag

I've never seen a Patreon so worth the money.

Mark

Typo: All three waved and me and Donut before continuing on their way.

Mark

Typo (should be “patted”): I pat Donut to reassure her. Baroness Victory was talking to us, but I’d missed some of it.

Sebastian

Ah. I don't know if this is a non native English speaker thing, but I've mostly gotten my English through media since childhood and that particular turn of phrase is not part of my repertoire. Mother of god sure, just not the Mary part. I got that it was rephrased, I just didn't know that particular expression, so I couldn't figure it out without googling. I'm not sure if this is just a me problem though.

Mark

I think this is grammatically incorrect (should be “throwing”): On the screen, it showed Luke throw himself in front of the cowering Commander Stockade.

PC

Stop fixing shit. Leave it the way it is. I hope you sell a copy the way it is now. We are all smart enough to sift thru this Adderall infused crawly adventure. Love you man.

Andrew Brereton

Can't wait to start reading, I am all caught up and loved the entire series so far. Thanks for the new book :)))

StoveTop

Plus I’d imagine that there are some crawlers who want to hold on to their loot just in case the deal offered to them sucked and they wanted the option to continue to the next floor with the help of all of their gear. If nothing else, it puts you in a pretty weak bargaining position if your options are “take whatever deal we offer you or start floor 10 without any/your best gear”

Michael Mondle

RIP Freddie, and I agree we do t deserve our dogs

Grigorius of Tomsk, Devourer of Pop-Tarts, Victor of Many Battles

@StoveTop - but then why would they have permanently donated their highest-level skills through the voodoo book? :P Unless, of course, they were dicks about it, and they sneakily gave up their least valuable skills, just because of the social pressure hahaha. Either way, I imagine each crawler has at least 1 interesting item they're not using. (For example, IIRC, Carl once got a flail/hammer and gifted it to the Bogdanov brothers.)

Will Patterson

Typo Chapter 3: “The pillow felt as if was made of velvet, but it was significantly heavier than I anticipated.” Maybe something like: … felt as if it was made …

riyon hutton

I was rereading this and I see a comment about grateful pet owners by architect Houston. Does he “own” Ferdinand?😰

Patrick Turner

I just tried playing it as Text vs Speach. Lol, definitely not the same...yeah it's like when you know there is something wrong with the AI

Louise Mimnagh

This was in your original chapter 2 release & it's still there: "I tried not to look at Mongo’s missing wing..." And Ch. 3 "Mongo screeched and waved his one wing in the air. He made a peeping noise and looked suspiciously at his missing right wing, as if noticing it was gone for the very first time." We all know what you mean but it's kinda difficult to look at something that isn't there. Wonderful, amazing book. The new Prologue made me think you're one sneaky MoFo, as if we didn't already know that:) Thank you Matt for being so awesome.

Louise Mimnagh

I concur. I've used a screen reader for this book & also Soeechify & they are both confused and inconsistent with pronounciation in this format.

Mark

Repeated use of “prefer” in the same sentence (or maybe he just talks like that): The elf shrugged. “If you prefer I zap to their side and warn them something is about to happen, I can do that instead if you’d prefer.”

Meagan Cooper

Thank you for giving us this! I’m still going to buy the books but I really needed my Carl fix! Also I’m really hoping we can see more of Katia’s journey in the next book. I’m curious what’s going on up there with the kiddos. Do you think you will include her story moving forward?

Douglas Erdman

He's referring to the other warlord as his pet, since he played him into committing suicide and starting the hostilities early. Architect Houston orchestrated the situation, but didn't incriminate himself in it.

Mark

Does anyone else hear Ferdinand in Matt Berry’s voice?

Mark

Typo (missing “to”): She did not have a chair, and her giant, white body appeared, coiled next me, bigger than I was expecting, like a building had just suddenly appeared to my left.

Mark

Typo (“and”): Every other warlord in the room was glaring at Stalwart like he was something and foul smelling that had been dropped in front of them.

Lord Anoroc

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. How could folks be receiving physical copies from Amazon?

riyon hutton

I guess I’m getting tripped up on the cat food. Why would it be there

riyon hutton

Definitely! They are going to be saving the kids together. I’m curious how the children and pregnant women are “stored “. For Lucia Mar to have 120000 in her head, there’s about 2 billion children under the age of 14

riyon hutton

Almost everyone is taking a deal with this floor being over I’d imagine. That it the AI will shortly have its own army

Danielle Black

Sneaky, sneaky Mr. Dinniman…

Danielle Black

Has anyone seen any news about the rest of the series being published in hardcover? I want my set to match…

Christopher Anselmi

Is the art design for the patch for the 105th scream warriors a nod to popper in Dominion Of Blades?!

Mark

Typo? (missing “at”): Edgar is buried and stationed a few miles away and will let us know once if he’s spotted.

Mark

Typo: top of chapter 69, inconsistent indentation

Daniel Shatto

Hi all. I just downloaded the epub file to my phone. I can read it on the Apple reading app but not kindle. Am I doing someone wrong?

Alyx

Typo: When Carl first gets the 1914 box it says it's a legendary, but in chapter 29 when Carl is talking about being exhausted and having several achievements he says it's a platinum 1914 box.

Mark

Typo (missing period): And afterward, the goddess would appear

Stephen Greenwood

So... Huanxin Jinx cloned herself. Think they'll let her back into her god spot if she travels to the system?

Joseph Harris

That’s exactly what I was thinking. She might already be in the system or even orbit on her ship.

Joseph Harris

On top of Huanxin Jinx still being alive (clone)Yesalte also seems to be alive. I think Brittney might also be free of possession because she no longer has the axe. If I remember correctly that axe was the last thing Carl saw before the city teleported away. It was being held by the recently finished statue of Yesalte. I hope Katia gave that arrow to Carl because not only does he have a god to kill before they reach the 12th floor- Him, Donut, Louie and now Mordecai (In a roundabout way) are all marked for death!

Amy the cat Meowmy

I don't think Kindle supports epub files. I think they use mobi files. At least it was that way on the e-reader Kindle. I use the Barnes & Nobles Nook app to read epub files. Never tried the Kindle app on my phone for epub files because of my previous experience with Kindle E-readers. So I don't think it's you doing that incorrectly 😆

Night Writer

I have just realised this is my favourite book series. I wasn't so stoked for any books before as I am for any new DCC book. Having said that, I feel in book 7 there is so much stuff going on that I wish the next book involed little less of cast otherwise I will start to keep notebook to stay all caught up ;)

Daniel Shatto

Ok follow up. It’s not showing up on my nook app. Do I need to change something in my settings?

Jim Robinson

Well now I absolutely cannot hear it any other way. That's alpha-level casting! Haha

Gabe

Typo/confusion. In page 304 Carl leaves Lockjaw on the throne room and the next page says he did that because Lockjaw is with the Madness, and it would draw retribution from the Dream. But the announcement says the Dream is occupying the throne room.

Treamayne

Does it seem to anybody else that Randy and Todd's lines are reversed in TIR? (possibly accidentally) TBM: Ch 26: “Sinners get what they deserve,” little Randy said. Ch 26: “The judgement of the gods,” Randy replied. Ch 36: “You’re going to hell,” little Randy the bear cub said to Bonnie the gnome TIR: Ch 20: “We’re going to bathe in apostate blood,” Todd added, waving his dulled spear. Ch 20: “The gods frown upon your blasphemy,” Todd added before the group of them turned back. In TBM, Randy was the Zealot, now Todd's acting like the Zealot.

Jordan

Minor grammatical issues/spelling/inconsistencies. The epub uses "¾’s" in six places, but the fraction isn't a possessive or a contraction and the only way to pronounce it is with an s already. It should be either three-quarters, three-fourths or just ¾ without the 's. Ch7: "We were in the campus of the college, which took up about a quarter of a ring about ¾’s up the funnel of Larracos." Ch15: "It wasn’t listed as a boss at all, which was strange since the last one, which had been about ¾’s the size of this one, had been a borough boss." Ch56: "She sat regally upon Mongo while Rend, now about ¾’s the size of his former self..." Ch71: “I rushed forward through the air, making it about ¾’s of the way before I dropped like a bucket of concrete, plummeting..." Ch75: "It’s stuck about ¾’s of the way down!" Ch82: "She had a health bar over her that was about ¾’s full." Opportunity is misspelled: Ch87: “Kimaris!” Samantha asked, zipping away from Louis, who took the oppotunity to also dive into the stairwell. I think this sentence is missing the word "like" after sounds: Ch42: "From what it sounds, it’s actually more dangerous up there right now." Some inconsistencies: D’Nadia is spelled with a capital N, D’Nadia, in some places and a lowercase n, D’nadia, in others. Demigod is hyphenated as demi-god in a couple places and unhyphenated elsewhere. The spell "Bijanbi" is spelled "Binjabi" in one place (not sure which is correct, but both are used). You mostly hyphenate off-worlder, but in Ch 67 you use offworlders without a hyphen. You don't hyphenate outworlder ever, so perhaps that's what you intended. Saccathian is usually capitalized, but in a few locations it's not. "Semeru" (dwaves) is spelled "Semuru" in Ch 35. Some places use "fairy tale" and other places use "fairytale." The gnomish "farseer" is spelled instead "farseerer" in one place (not sure which is correct, but both are used).

A

I think it was a stone replica of the ax.

Joseph Harris

I’m not so sure about that. Carl focused on the axe as if it was out of place. They also said that Brittney showed no signs of possession.

Treamayne

Ch 28 "A throne room you own is currently occupied by Dream enemy forces" "The other mercenary, the one for the Dream." Madness?

Max Shemtob

Does Matt usually post the final version epub when it releases on Kindle? I’d like to read the final version on my kindle

Ilya Taytslin

Not sure. I have both the epub and the paid versions of Book 6, and they are not quite identical. For example, when we first meet Team Sister Ines, the paid version mentions Paz’s suicide bomber ability, while epub version does not. That makes Paz’s final act less of a “deux ex machina”

Treamayne

It was my understanding that Amazon's exclusivity requires that the version here is only before the final copy edit. I wouldn't mind buying the final version too, as long as it is not through Amazon (and therefore look forward to Ace Hardcovers)

Ilya Taytslin

Question for Matt: Did you ever incorporate in DCC books anything that originated in fanfiction?

Derek Reilly

I think I found a plot hole: Donut should have been effected by the powers of Eris and Meatus also when she was in range. The A.I said this on page 538 when Yarilo was close. Oh shit, we hadn’t fixed that one. Uh, that’s not exactly fair for either of you. A bit anticlimactic. Let me fix it real fast. . That implies that donut was in range and was wearing the kneepads. Her choices should have been dick falls off and pied piper also in that case.

Alan Stringer

I don’t know if I missed it or the book never told but when Carl got his Celestial fists from Emberus I can’t remember them ever being mentioned or showing what happened. Once someone mentioned that his fists were glowing and another time he “punched his way through” but I must have missed the effects of that particular boone.

Stephanie Keever

In the KU version, page 254 says, “If we let the Viceroys take it, they’d own a three sections of land.” Not sure if that’s supposed to be, “own three sections of land” or “own all three sections of land.”

Addie

Am I missing chapters? Matt said he'd be launching straight into book 8 but this is the last post I see. Literally all of the creators I follow on patreon have missing posts right now, some going back almost a year.

Douglas Erdman

I'm just speculating here, but I would think that Matt might be holding off on giving us the start of Book 8 until an appropriate time. There is a holiday coming up where one traditionally gives gifts... ;^)P

Addie

I think we all appreciate the gift of content ❤️

PerfectYarn

Please sir, may we have some more.

Nature is Mostly green

I quite enjoyed Book 7. Feedback: One thing I missed was the interaction between Carl and Donut. Donut has always felt like the heart of the book, and splitting her away from Carl made me long for their dynamic. Carl makes for a great straight man, and during their separation, I found myself wishing more characters had shown idiosyncratic tendencies to play off Carl’s humor and personality. A whole book of Carl being the straight man to Donut’s war-torn sniper was heartbreaking. It would have meant a lot to see those two take a quiet moment together to collect themselves after everything they’ve endured. You nailed this beautifully with the Milk and Carl scene, which was one of the most touching moments in the book. I think Donut deserved something similar. Katia’s send-off was tender and well-earned. Her arc, culminating in something genuinely good happening after everything she’s been through, was a 10/10 payoff. Please don’t take that away from us—it felt like a gift for the readers. On a personal note, I find myself rooting wholeheartedly for Carl and Donut. I want them to succeed in breaking everyone out of this nightmare. I hope the series avoids a moment akin to The Stand, where half the protagonists are wiped out. With every passing book, the fear grows that this group of friends will face a devastating loss at the hands of forces beyond their control. I’m rooting for them to defy the odds and win. I would also like you to give us the opportunity to learn more about the other characters. The updates from everyone who contributed to the Anarchist’s Cookbook were among the finest moments in the series. More perspectives like those—especially from characters like Imani, Chris, Pony, or even the sponsors—would be wonderful. Opening up the narrative beyond Carl’s POV, as you’ve done occasionally, adds so much depth to the story. It makes everything Carl and Donut are doing here feel more meaningful, particularly in the context of the larger history of Dungeon Crawler World and the past crawlers’ struggles. I look forward to where you take us next.

Lauren Falvey

I may have missed this discussed but the “Democratic Sortion” and “Lemig Sortion” seem to be used interchangeably but I don’t think I saw that introduced? It’s reading as a typo. Excellent book! Thanks for everything you do!

Viggstable

Book is incredible! love it so much any plans for Book signing in NY or North Eastern US?

Jeffrey Ollerich

Loved the book, you continually raise the bar, can't wait for the next one!