This Inevitable Ruin

A huge, bloody war book that keeps the jokes and loot screens but spends real friends. It has heavy swearing, gore and a lot of deaths, and it assumes the earlier books. Four and a half out of five for the right reader (draft opinion). Read it if: you finished the eye of the bedlam bride and want the series to go to war; you like trench fighting, game-show rules and big set-piece finales; you enjoy large casts and long payoffs; heavy swearing and gore are fine for you. Skip it if: you haven't read the earlier books: this one assumes them; graphic violence and character deaths are a hard line; you dislike crude humor and constant profanity; you want a quiet, literary read.

Book seven of Dungeon Crawler Carl takes place on the ninth floor, Faction Wars, a war over the city of Larracos. Carl and Donut lead the Princess Posse through a ceasefire, trench fighting, a council of warlords and a siege, and the Posse wins when Larracos is moved to the twelfth floor. In the last chapter Justice Light's trap breaks the Nothing.

Floor nine, called Faction Wars. The epilogue sets up the tenth floor, a vehicle race named Don't Come in Last.

Book six is The Eye of the Bedlam Bride and book eight is A Parade of Horribles, according to series listings as of November 2026. This recap has not read either.