The fifth book in this action-packed adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton. Young readers will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners!





"A funny and exciting fantasy adventure story" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The Times





NEXT LEVEL ACTION! DON'T LOOK DOWN!





Kit can't wait for the next dungeon – especially as he and his teammates, Sandy and Thorn, have been promoted to the next league.



But with new challenges, bigger monsters and meaner opponents, as the dungeon being set high up in a forest, Kit will need to keep his wits about him, as well as his balance!





MOVING ON UP? THE STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER.





"Highly illustrated, humorous and immediately enthralling, this series will appeal to 7+ D&D fans in particular" - The Guardian







Collect all the adventures:





- Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial, The Week Junior Children's Book of the Year, Younger Fiction 2025





- Dungeon Runners: Sky Battles





- Dungeon Runners: Ocean Chase



Kieran Larwood (Author)

Kieran Larwood was born in Kenya. He moved to the UK when he was 2 and lived in various places before settling on the Isle of Wight where he can still be found: exploring rockpools, climbing trees and writing - slowly disappearing behind a mountain of notebooks and empty coffee mugs. He taught Reception class in a primary school for fifteen years before becoming a full-time author.



Kieran's books have won several awards, including the Blue Peter Best Story and the Prix Sorcières.



He is inspired by a life-long love of fantasy stories, which all began when - as a young boy - he picked up a copy of The Hobbit and saw the map inside. It just goes to show - you never know where opening a book will lead...



Joe Todd-Stanton (Illustrator)



Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton, England, and was taught to draw by his mother, who is also an illustrator. He studied at UWE Bristol, receiving a first class degree in Illustration. Todd-Stanton has been commissioned to work for clients such as Oxford University Press, Usborne Publishing, and Aquila magazine. His work has been highly



praised and his book The Secret of Black Rock was longlisted for The C ILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 and won a 2018 Waterstones Children's Book Prize.