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Operation Bounce House
  • Published: 17 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241805053
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $38.00

Operation Bounce House

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17 Feb 2026
Hardback
17 Feb 2026
EBook
10 Feb 2026
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From the author of the sensational global bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series comes a brand new epic standalone . . .

All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep his family’s aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking. But when his planet's transfer gate finally opens and restores instant travel and full communication between Earth and his planet, New Sonora, there’s a complication. The colossal Apex Corporation is hired to commence an \"eviction action.\" and they charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines, remotely pilot them and make it a game. Oliver and his friends soon find themselves fighting for their lives against these machines. But with the help of an old book from his grandfather, Oliver is determined to defend the only home he’s ever known.
  • Published: 17 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241805053
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

Matt Dinniman

Matt Dinniman is a writer and artist from Gig Harbor, Washington. He is the author of the best-selling Dungeon Crawler Carl series along with several other books about the end of the world. He doesn’t really hate Cocker Spaniels, and he plays bass in a metal band.

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Also by Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
This Inevitable Ruin
The Butcher's Masquerade
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
The Gate of the Feral Gods
See all

Praise for Operation Bounce House

Irreverent yet heartfelt, nostalgic yet wholly original, with Operation Bounce House, Dinniman delivers another anarchic adventure rich with riotous characters and a plot that crackles towards chaos with all the alacrity of a dynamite fuse.

Pierce Brown, bestselling author of Red Rising

Creative and well-written as ever, Operation Bounce House reminds me how much storytelling a great writer can pack into a single volume.

Will Wight, bestelling author of The Cradle Series

What if someday Gamergate went galactic? What if the toxic corporate interests of Earth tasked its most toxic gamers with doing their colonialist bidding? What if their insignificant incel reign of terror reached beyond the borders of their parents' basements and bedrooms, and they were all given remote command of real weapons of war on another world? Matt Dinniman has cooked us all up a deliciously terrifying gamer geek stew, mixing up Avatar and Ender's Game, with a dash of The Last Starfighter and Independence Day thrown in. This tale is more twisted fun than you can shake a joystick at.

Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One

An all-hands-on-deck sci-fi war novel that pits the peasants against the plutocracy, pitchforks against spaceships, rock ’n’ roll against oppression, and love against greed… you’re gonna love every bloody page of it.

Philip Fracassi, author of The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

Fast-paced, clever, and with plenty of heart—the rare book that's both thoughtful and tremendously entertaining.

James Islington, International bestselling author of The Will of the Many