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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 Cyberpunk Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Funny Witty

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Interesting system, humor is a little to juvenile for me but if that’s your thing you’ll like this. Overall pretty good Pilot book

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The only slight thing that was "bad" was closer to the end where there was a lot of characters and it was tough to keep track which of the main ones were doing different things. Other than that, this was an amazing read. I felt like I could relate the characters, the vending machine concept was insane, the random comedic relief (courtesy of James most of the time), and storyline all made it worth the read and I can't wait for the second to come out.

The Vending Machines

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Amazing listen, good narration, good opening, I want to listen to the next installment in the series, this is a series that has legs

Amazing

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This book is great, I love the humor and stats, it's well balanced and doesn't push the characters into OP range.

Maximum Awsomeness

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this story has crazy good potential, but gets caught up in soliloquy and internal monologues that will drive you insane. the end of the boss fight will have you ready to throw your phone. ill still buy the next one because the story is that good.

holy monologue

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