I Built The Dungeon That Killed Me
(2026)(The first book in the Dungeon Maker series)
A novel by A C Whitney
Coby Meyers designs dungeons for a living, and he just built the best one in company history. He knows exactly how good it is. He died at the top of it, watching Anica — the boss monster he designed — butcher the four people he'd recruited like loadout slots.
Then his resurrection totem fired and dropped him six days into the past. Levels reset. Loot gone. The totem was single-use, so the next death is permanent.
And here's the patch note that broke him: Anica can't be out-built. She kills anything that climbs alone. The only thing that burns her is a party that fights for each other — the one stat the System refuses to score. Coby has min-maxed everything he's ever touched. Now the meta is love, and he is level zero.
Six days to win back the healer he never reached for, her brilliant girlfriend, and a striker who's done being spent like ammunition. Then survive the Grand Dungeon Competition at the thinnest place in the world.
Because Anica remembers the old timeline too. He built her lonely. He built her a heart that works too well. She's coming to collect.
One life left. And this time, the build is people.
Genre: GameLit
Then his resurrection totem fired and dropped him six days into the past. Levels reset. Loot gone. The totem was single-use, so the next death is permanent.
And here's the patch note that broke him: Anica can't be out-built. She kills anything that climbs alone. The only thing that burns her is a party that fights for each other — the one stat the System refuses to score. Coby has min-maxed everything he's ever touched. Now the meta is love, and he is level zero.
Six days to win back the healer he never reached for, her brilliant girlfriend, and a striker who's done being spent like ammunition. Then survive the Grand Dungeon Competition at the thinnest place in the world.
Because Anica remembers the old timeline too. He built her lonely. He built her a heart that works too well. She's coming to collect.
One life left. And this time, the build is people.
Genre: GameLit