This Inevitable Ruin (Book)

This Inevitable Ruin is a fictional LitRPG fantasy adventure novel by Matt Dinniman, and the seventh installment in the Dungeon Crawler Carl book series. The tagline is, "This is War."^[1]

On July 3, 2024, Matt Dinniman officially announced the title and revealed the cover art on Reddit.^[1] The first draft is available at Matt's Patreon.

This Inevitable Ruin releases in paperback format on November 3, 2024, followed by a Kindle release on November 11, 2024 and an audiobook release on February 11, 2025.

Summary

Official Summary

They call it Faction Wars.
The ninth floor.

Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal... It all makes for great fun and even greater television.

After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war.

Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.

As the AI continues its rapid decline, Carl and company take advantage of the chaos. For the first time ever, the crawlers are fighting back. They are now one of the nine teams. And this season, there’s a tenth army on the playing field. The NPCs, who are normally used as nothing but cannon fodder, have become fully self-aware and formed a team of their own.

For Donut and Katia, the stakes are even higher. Only one of them will be allowed to leave this level.

If they all want to survive, they’re going to need a little help from a veteran or two.

This is it.
This is what they’ve been fighting toward.
This is war.

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