Kiosk Kingdom

Discount Dan’s Backroom Bargains, Book 3

De: James Hunter

Narrado por: Steve Campbell

Dan just wanted to run a shop. Now he’s knee-deep in holiday hellscapes, corporate hydras, and powers that definitely violate the Geneva Conventions.

The Flayed Monarch is on the move, spreading his corrupt influence through the lower levels of the Backrooms. To stop him, Dan and his crew must take out one of the Monarch’s key allies—the Franchisor, a multi-headed marketing monstrosity who rules the 99th Floor.

But Dan, Croc, and the rest of his ragtag band of misfits might be in for more than they bargained for.

To secure the Kiosk Network and strike a crippling blow against the Monarch, they’ll have to grind through a cursed snow globe ruled by the Yule Lord himself, survive the twisted horrors of the 10,000 Acre Wood, and take on a twisted empire built on questionably legal intellectual property. Along the way, Dan will uncover long-buried secrets about his past, the System, and a war he never asked for.

The shop must grow.

The crew must fight.

And Dan? He’s done playing defense. He’s armed to the teeth, and he’s got a coupon for war crimes.

©2025 James Hunter (P)2026 Audible, Inc.

The Dan Abides

Chaos? Check. Humor? check. Emotional moments that will make your eyes leak? Check and check.

For the savvy reader or listener who has made it this far into the Discount Dan series, this is where the rubber meets the road and all of the investments from the prior two books really start paying out heavy.

For all of the people who said this series lacked the depth or complexity of character of DCC, I invite you to read Kiosk Kingdom and have your mind changed. It takes time to build those things, to become attached to characters as if they are your family, to develop a deep caring and compassion for the world and all contained therein. The halfway point of this book made that wildly apparent to me, and I am confident this book will hold my number one slot for 2026.

Steve Campbell once again proves that he is exactly the voice the Backrooms needs, delivering a beautiful and incredibly flexible performance rife with emotion and wit. And who knew the guy had such a beautiful singing voice? 😉

James Hunter and Steve Campbell are a world class team, and Kiosk Kingdom is a delightful showcase of their combined might and otherworldly talents. If you disagree, I’ll eat my knockoff Versace bathrobe.

No mimics were harmed in the making of this review.

I will always love crock

I love DD. That’s all I need to say.
I got this one the day it came out and finished it two days later. Now I’m sad I have to wait for the next one.

How?!

This book was a rollercoaster of emotions for me. How the author managed to take a story built on the back of a liminal, reality-warping, nihilistic nightmare world and close it with an emotionally heavyweight, but still tender ending is sorcery. I cried. That's not a joke. Maybe that's just me, but I don't know if I've ever finished a book and felt so satisfied at the ending. Well done.

a fun performance over a good book

There is a lot of comparison that can be made of this series to it's fellows in this growing litrpg genre, but I think this book really helps Discount Dan have his own distinctive voice in the crowd. With keeping its style of humor clear and with still using the backdrop of pop culture from over the decades, Kiosk Kingdom is a fun book with an increasing amount of depth to both its story and characters as the book and series goes on. I feel it does a good job in tackling the more serious themes of late stage capitalism and its effects, war and its costs, among others with more nuance and practicallity then a lot of other books in recent times.
In short, this is a fun book with more depth then you would assume at a glance of its setting. I hope the author keeps up the good work and look forward to more entires.

Blew my Meatface off!!!

Okay wow get your Coupons ready because Chaos is at a bargain price in this installment!! This world is so captivating and threatening, a new challenge/Challenger that is looming menacingly around seeming ever corner! Way to craft an epic story I cannot wait for the next book I devoured this one and will be relistening immediately!