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

Operation Bounce House has all the humor, sudden violence and pop culture insight that made Dungeon Crawler Carl a massive success…You won’t be able to put it down.

Peter V. Brett, International Bestselling author of The Warded Man

Strap in and grab your pitchfork because Matt Dinniman is back again with a fast-paced stand-alone novel that’s sure to leave you itching for more.

SFF Insider

Dungeon Crawler Carl author Matt Dinniman’s Operation Bounce House is a hair-raising intergalactic invasion that never forgets the humans at its core.

BookPage

Addictive... The stakes are sky-high, and the Ender's Game-esque plot moves at a rapid clip. ... Fans will not be disappointed.

Library Journal

SF readers will have a ball.

Kirkus Reviews

Dinniman skillfully cloaks several current-day issues, such as swatting, genocide, othering, and concerns about AI, in this captivating futuristic read.

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