Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl takes one of fantasy's oldest setups and throws it into a blender with reality television, apocalyptic horror, and video game logic, creating a series that has evolved into one of the biggest breakout hits in modern speculative fiction. The premise is fairly simple, starting with a fight for survival inside an alien-dominated game show that escalates into a sprawling saga of bizarre monsters, convoluted mechanics, and a talking cat with an ego to match.