Dungeon Runners

Dungeon Runners is Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton's fast, funny, richly illustrated fantasy series for newly confident readers, built around a brilliant premise: in this world, dungeon-running is a televised sport. Teams of unlikely heroes are dropped into monster-filled dungeons of mazes, traps and treasure and have to make it out alive. Across five volumes the underdog trio races through hero trials, sky-cities, underwater courses, a vampire dungeon and a treacherous forest, always with a rival crew snapping at their heels. Larwood keeps the pace breathless and the jokes flying while Todd-Stanton's dynamic artwork carries a huge share of the storytelling. With teamwork, quick thinking and monster mayhem in a tabletop-game shape, it is a perfect bridge between illustrated chapter books and heavier middle-grade fantasy.

A fast, funny, richly illustrated fantasy series where dungeon-running is a televised sport and an underdog team races through monster-filled trials.

Primary themes

• Adventure
• Courage
• Friendship
• Resilience
• Teamwork

Tone palette

• Funny
• Exciting
• Adventurous
• Suspenseful