Carnival of Fear
{{short description|1993 novel by J. Robert King}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| name = Carnival of Fear
| image = File:Carnival of Fear (D&D novel).jpg
| caption = Cover of the first edition
| author = J. Robert King
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Fantasy novel
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| release_date = 1993
| media_type = Print
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| preceded_by = Tapestry of Dark Souls
| followed_by = I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire
}}
Carnival of Fear is a 1993 fantasy horror novel by J. Robert King, set in the world of Ravenloft, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons game.
Plot summary
Carnival of Fear is a novel in which the apparent murder of a dwarf who worked for a carnival that has run for centuries in the realm of l'Morai run by the Puppetmaster, leads to a trial to find the killer.
Reception
A reviewer from Publishers Weekly comments that King "offers a simple but effective message about the evils of scapegoating in his fantasy-horror tale [...] King's careful progress from a basic murder to a much larger mystery, which ultimately encompasses the entire carnival, gives the book the momentum needed to keep the pages turning."Kaganoff, Penny (June 14, 1993). "Paperbacks – Carnival of Fear by J. Robert King", Publishers Weekly 240 (24): 65. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56076-628-5