What the Truck: An Apocalypse LitRPG

Battle Trucker, Book 1

By: Tom Goldstein

Narrated by: Zura Johnson

Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

It's humans versus monsters when an apocalypse turns a simple cross-country trek into the road trip from hell in this breakneck LitRPG thrill ride.

All that stands between rowdy long-haul trucker Jill MacLeod (aka Junkmouth) and her family back in Boston is two thousand miles of asphalt. Well, that and the monstrous game the System has had her playing ever since it descended on Earth. The reward: mana. Jill's goal: kill, score, drive—and stay alive. Behind the wheel of a turreted forty-ton semi named Bertha, Jill hammers east from Montana through a gauntlet of every kind of chomping, hissing, rabid creature imaginable.

Barreling forward in her magical soulbound big rig and chalking up a bumper crop of roadkill, Jill isn't alone for long. Hitching a ride are stranded brothers Babu and Ras Bati, who just want to make it home to Billings in one piece, and Mia Williams, a school nurse with a rotary cannon and a crateful of ammo. The artillery, at least, will be handy, because what lies ahead is the biggest threat of all . . .

Arriving in Billings, they find a city in chaos, led by a self-appointed psychopathic mayor using the monster-ravaged ruins for his own ends. But Jill hasn't come this far to be blindsided by a human—no matter how scary. There's still a game to be played: The System is watching, that metal-muscle fortress Bertha is transforming, and Jill and her shotgun-riding friends will do anything it takes to keep the terror in the rear view one gobsmacking mile at a time.

The first volume of the hit LitRPG adventure series—with more than 400,000 views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

©2023 Tom Goldstein (P)2023 Podium Audio

Magic Truck is OP

I loved it and look forward to the sequel 😍. Amazing truck with magic turrets and even more amazing characters. I would recommend it to anyone.

This book had 3 of my 4 least favorite things in LitRPG….

And yet, I loved every single minute of it.
1. Gratuitous swearing ✅
2. Female narrator✅
3. Modern day Earth setting ✅
4. Smut ❌

I love Jill. I love Bertha. I love this book.

I loved it

This story was very fun. It also had drama and action. I’m looking forward to future additions. This is a great book to listen when you are relaxing.

A Great Ride

This is a wild ride from start to finish! This takes place on Modern day Earth during a System Apocalypse.
Pros:
1. This Book is an apocalypse LITRPG with a snarky system, stat boxes, magic, and guns.
2. The MC and supporting characters all have their charm and have clear goals mainly to gain strength survive and find their families.
3. Magic Truck. were talking magic turrets magic ammo magic truck horn and dimensional space magic shit.
Cons:
1. The MC swears as a part of their personality and is quite vulgar, It is worked in to her magic powers but still feels excessive.
2. The System seems to have a lot of exploits and some people seem to be way to strong or way to insignificant.
3. The Book ends in a weird spot that feels like a chapter was deliberately left out to make a pseudo cliffhanger there is a conclusion without the celebration after the fact.

overall great and engaging story

this story was not only unique but completely engaging from start to finish! can't wait for the next installment!

the cussing

I loved the main character she made me laugh non stop I have not laughed so hard in months

great storyline

great book can't wait for next one can't wait to see you what her next adventure is I give up five stars all the way

As a trucker, I love this book!

I want to thank an author friend of mine for recommending this book to me. You know who you are, Mr. Awesome.
As an OTR (over the road) driver, it's always in the back of my mind. "What if the zombie apocalypse happens and I'm on the other side of the country from my family?" Or even just some natural disaster?
This book is a fun, exciting, and well written; What if LitRPG apocalypse.
The driver figures out that she can level up now and also level up her truck. I would sooooo love to do this to my truck and a trailer.
She's killing monsters and evil opportunists AND saving lives.
My biggest problem with the story is the vulgarity as a sub-character. Don't get me wrong, I'm a trucker. Bad language isn't the issue. It's that the MC is obsessed with making her vulgarity a major part of her life and personality, and much of it is just plain nonsense. I would replace her toothpaste with foot lotion and kick her in the shins if I had to be in a truck with her for any significant amount of time.
That being said, I love this story and can't wait for book 2 to come out on Audible.
I give this book 8.5 out of 5 stars. Excellent!

Sugar System suck my truck nuts

This was an awesome story can’t wait for the next book…listen to it yourself to find out no spoilers

Great concept executed well

Really enjoyed it overall, my only concern is how fast everyone levels up and how incredibly powerful everyone gets REALLY quickly. Either this series is going to be pretty short (which would be an absolute shame) or the author is going to have to introduce some kind of secondary leveling system.