What the Truck: An Apocalypse LitRPG

Battle Trucker, Book 1

By: Tom Goldstein

Narrated by: Zura Johnson

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

Trucker

Omg! Fellow trucker and gamer here. Thanks so much for this book. You got me through my day which seemed so short thanks to your imagination.

Battleship trucker

This was a really awesome plot line that reminds me of series like Destroyer men, the Honor Harrington series, and a random series like full murder hobo. It’s one of the best military lit RPG series that I’ve come across. Can’t wait for the next book.

Panning for Gold!

If you are like me and constantly sifting through the litrpg section looking for something worth your time, then I would definitely recommend this book if you’re not adversed to colorful language. Talk like a trucker, driver like a trucker!!!

Ok then

If you are going to write a book about a truck at least take the time to learn how they actually operate.

The cursing is ridiculous.

My biggest issue with this book is all of the unnecessary cursing. I like cursing but this was simply awful. I get it you wanted to make a strong rough and tumble woman, but you fell short with how ridiculously bad the cursing was from the main character. I like the book but come once or twice a chapter give us the dumb curses, but the nonsense cursing is to often and too much and does make sense.