Restocking Fee

Mall Crawler: Book 2

By: Dax Holt

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

No refunds. No returns. No mercy.

Jax Miller thought surviving one alien-broadcast death game was enough for one lifetime. The Network disagreed.

Weeks after escaping Meridian Square Mall, Jax, Bruno, Thalia, Marcus, and Wren have barely settled into something resembling a normal life when a humiliated, recently reassigned Showrunner sets his sights on payback — and a dying strip mall four miles from their apartment becomes ground zero for a season built entirely out of grudges.

This time, the party knows exactly what they're walking into. That doesn't make it easier.

Across a warehouse club stocked with murderous bulk-goods monsters, a home improvement store where every power tool has a mind of its own, a movie theater turned weaponized audience-vote nightmare, and a corporate sponsor's floor built specifically to break Bruno's resolve, Jax and his crew fight harder than ever — while a corporate sponsor circles Bruno with an offer he's already refused twice, and refuses to take no for an answer.

With a new ally who knows every blind spot corporate never bothered fixing, a rescued mascot who never asked to become a weapon, and a Showrunner with nothing left to lose, Season Two raises the stakes on everything Season One taught them to survive — cliffhangers, gallows humor, and system messages included.

Fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl know exactly what they're getting: dark comedy that never lets up, snarky loyalty-tier mechanics, a corporate satire engine running at full throttle, and a found family worth fighting a rigged system for.

Everything must go. Including the guy running the show.