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

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.

Loved the MC and her vocabulary lol.

Great characters all around, nice to see a blue-collar protagonist that won't take "sugar" from anyone. Great vocabulary it made me smile and want to write it down, but as someone who works outside my hands are usually full. Looking forward to the next one.

Finally an original

I have been waiting on this, this beauty of LitRPG book has all the hallmarks of LitRPG and fresh take on the story. Beautiful I loved every minute thing from the swearing the powers how they level up to the Badass Upgraded Truck. Just refreshing for a change and the narrator was awesome, if this is her standard I'll listen to more books just because she's narrating them.

A work of art

That was beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Now I need ten more words so here you go.

Lots of colorful cursing.

I really enjoyed this book. I am typically turned off by excessive swearing, not because I’m a goody two shoes prude, but because it usually just seems immature. It works here and the author got creative with it. I’m a huge LitRPG fan and this is one of the better starts of a series. I’ll be purchasing book 2 when it’s available.

Great take on Litrpg/Apocalypse

Tons of swearing just a heads up, but I loved it, such a fun idea.

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.

Surprised how good this was

I listen to audiobooks in the truck all day driving so this was an instant buy when i see it. The surprise was how much I actually liked the characters and the Big girl. Buying second book right now to finish up the day!

A darn good read!

We need more fantasy trucker books. Magic makes the ordinary day job much more interesting.