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Apocalypse

Grand System Vending, Book 1

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Apocalypse

By: Ryan Maxwell
Narrated by: Steve Campbell
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The good news: Tom survived the apocalypse. The bad news: Earth's vending machines chose violence.

As a software developer from Texas, Tom thought he understood broken code. But when mysterious obelisks transform Earth into a glitch-riddled dungeon crawler, he discovers that debugging the apocalypse won't be as easy as turning it off and back on again. Their lifeline? Vending machines turned into miniature storefronts. These mechanical saviors dispensed everything from swords to shampoo—until they started dispensing death.

Armed with terrible luck, a knack for accidental heroics, and an ever-growing hatred for the System Admins, Tom must uncover the source of the corruption before humanity's last lifeline delivers its final blow. Between monster-filled wastelands and terrifying dungeons, survival is starting to feel like a bad DLC.

Debugging the end of the world was not in the patch notes.

©2025 Ryan Maxwell (P)2025 Podium Audio Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
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I WANT MORE ,MORE ,MOOOOOOORE .

from the story telling to the characters this was great from start to finish..im looking forward to seeing the the gang get up to in the next Book..

Fantastic

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The writing is a little off. The idea is great and I’ll keep listening to the series probably but for me, the conversations don’t flow quite right. The performance is great, Steve is one of the greats so that helps but it’s pretty cartoony. It might just be that there’s a few guys together instead of a loner at first like most litrpgs I love. The fact they just accept what’s happening no worries is a bit jarring but maybe it’ll come. Edit - gave up after 6 hours, too silly, feels like a YA book - maybe it is but not for me!

It’s pretty good but…

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I had read the book on release, but the Audio version brings life to all the various personalities within the story. Steve Campbell does a fantastic job bringing life to Ryan's characters.

My favourites are definitely James and Azroc. Their personalities shine through.

I'm eager for the release of Book 2 and the continuation of the series, as the banter and camaraderie deepen.

A must addition to your Audio catalogue.

Amazing Audio Steve knocks it out of the park

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Was a good first book and worth the credit. Narration was great too. Fingers crossed for book 2.

Enjoyed

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this book was great managed to listen to it with the author himself we had laughs and sad bits steve did a great job himself with the narration will be moving straight on to book 2 would defo recommend

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