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Apocalypse

Grand System Vending, Book 1

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

Enjoyed

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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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I get it, this story is the first book and world building needs to happen. However, there is so much endless repetition and filler that it gets in the way of the story itself. I feel for the narrator, as he tries VERY hard to be a chipper announcer, but.. it just feels completely jarring and at odds with the story. The situations were great, but the responses felt very cookie-cutter, and cartoonish (we must ALWAYS DO WHAT IS RIGHT!) - the characters could use more depth and development and far, far less filler. If you took away the character skills and stats, 1/2 the book would vanish. Not sure if I'll be getting book 2.

Endless repetition kills this story

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