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Advent of the Apocalypse
The Apocalypse is here. Monsters roam the Earth. To survive, he must master the System.
Giant fireblasts tear across the earth as the Gates of Hell are ripped open. In an instant, billions are killed. Human technology becomes utterly worthless in the face of the end of the world.
Fortunately for Jaco, he barely survives the opening act of the Apocalypse.
Unfortunately for him, he has to live through what comes next.
Those who died in the initial blast are reincarnated as undead monsters. Massive fiery pits swallow up the center of every major city across the world. Demonic creatures make all realms of Earth their home.
But all hope is not lost. The Angels left a parting gift before their defeat. A System that bestows Humanity the power to fight back.
With it, Jaco shall master his Druid Class and do whatever it takes to not only survive the end of the world, but to thrive.
Don't miss the start of this new Apocalyptic System LitRPG by V.A. Lewis, bestselling author of Salvos and Amelia The Level Zero Hero , writing together with D. Pidge. Featuring loads of action, a detailed system, power progression, Druid abilities, and so much more!
It's perfect for fans of System Apocalypse, Apocalypse Redux, and Primal Hunter!
Giant fireblasts tear across the earth as the Gates of Hell are ripped open. In an instant, billions are killed. Human technology becomes utterly worthless in the face of the end of the world.
Fortunately for Jaco, he barely survives the opening act of the Apocalypse.
Unfortunately for him, he has to live through what comes next.
Those who died in the initial blast are reincarnated as undead monsters. Massive fiery pits swallow up the center of every major city across the world. Demonic creatures make all realms of Earth their home.
But all hope is not lost. The Angels left a parting gift before their defeat. A System that bestows Humanity the power to fight back.
With it, Jaco shall master his Druid Class and do whatever it takes to not only survive the end of the world, but to thrive.
Don't miss the start of this new Apocalyptic System LitRPG by V.A. Lewis, bestselling author of Salvos and Amelia The Level Zero Hero , writing together with D. Pidge. Featuring loads of action, a detailed system, power progression, Druid abilities, and so much more!
It's perfect for fans of System Apocalypse, Apocalypse Redux, and Primal Hunter!
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First published October 22, 2024
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October 29, 2024
Book one
By page seven I was already done. I'll admit it, I don't normally like books were the gates of hell open. Mainly because I can not wrap my head around Hell being an actual place. Logically it just seems to implausible for me to imagine.
That is my failure, not the authors.
However two mistakes before page five is the fault of the author. It's dove not dived.
Honestly I could overlook this for a time. (Not long enough it seems.)
The idiot stopping to remove and fold his clothes as a wall of fire is approaching is even more unbelievable than the concept of hell.
The fact that the MC has different types of burns across his body while sitting on the bottom of a lake as it heats up just doesn't hold water either. (Was any research at all done?)
Finally, the straw that killed the story for me, the MC is out of the lake and is attacked by a carbonized body. (The idiot that stopped to fold his clothes.) Movement would have made that body start to fall apart. I was willing to look past it though. (Got to try getting into the story.)
Then the MC suddenly has a sprained ankle and falls over. (What is he? A girl in an 80's horror movie?)
The fact that the "monster" then slashed through wet clothing and the MC's flesh was the final nail in this books coffin. (Have you ever tried ripping wet clothing?)
A wound of any major magnitude would have spelled death for the MC. Ripped flesh sounds pretty bad. It's definitely not a scratch.
.001/10 the lowest score I have ever given. You can't just keep stacking one ridiculous thing on top of another after another at the start of a book and expect to hook everyone.
In my opinion this wasn't just bad, it was horrible.
If you have a different opinion, then good for you. Enjoy the story. I'll go find something else.
By page seven I was already done. I'll admit it, I don't normally like books were the gates of hell open. Mainly because I can not wrap my head around Hell being an actual place. Logically it just seems to implausible for me to imagine.
That is my failure, not the authors.
However two mistakes before page five is the fault of the author. It's dove not dived.
Honestly I could overlook this for a time. (Not long enough it seems.)
The idiot stopping to remove and fold his clothes as a wall of fire is approaching is even more unbelievable than the concept of hell.
The fact that the MC has different types of burns across his body while sitting on the bottom of a lake as it heats up just doesn't hold water either. (Was any research at all done?)
Finally, the straw that killed the story for me, the MC is out of the lake and is attacked by a carbonized body. (The idiot that stopped to fold his clothes.) Movement would have made that body start to fall apart. I was willing to look past it though. (Got to try getting into the story.)
Then the MC suddenly has a sprained ankle and falls over. (What is he? A girl in an 80's horror movie?)
The fact that the "monster" then slashed through wet clothing and the MC's flesh was the final nail in this books coffin. (Have you ever tried ripping wet clothing?)
A wound of any major magnitude would have spelled death for the MC. Ripped flesh sounds pretty bad. It's definitely not a scratch.
.001/10 the lowest score I have ever given. You can't just keep stacking one ridiculous thing on top of another after another at the start of a book and expect to hook everyone.
In my opinion this wasn't just bad, it was horrible.
If you have a different opinion, then good for you. Enjoy the story. I'll go find something else.
October 29, 2024
Horrible balance
System balance is off and the concept of player killing with the origins from the angels is off. A main character with a saviour complex also ruins the story. This is a poorly executed idea.
System balance is off and the concept of player killing with the origins from the angels is off. A main character with a saviour complex also ruins the story. This is a poorly executed idea.
May 21, 2025
Did not finish. Second stage of the Apocalypse is as far as I got. This was definitely written by Dug the talking dog from the movie "UP". Shinny squirrels everywhere.
October 30, 2024
Book started off well enough, then diverged into a mess. The author falls back into player vs player conflicts and doesn't balance anything out. Then you have every little detail needs to be drawn out into a entire chapter, for example he gets a new cloak and the author drives into a detail about said cloak, Jacko needs to do this, Jacko needs to do that, the young man this and that. It's a first person book, WE know who the character is!! No one else is around because he is unsociable and weird.
October 27, 2024
Ohhhh you did Not leave us there!!! Really!!! How could you 😢!!! Now I seriously Need the next book!!! What January, drums fingers impatiently...
Getting this book is a no brainer it's a litRPG and it's read by Peter Berkrot... what more could I want... this is what happens to Jaco when the system hits earth in a Firey Cataclysm. Jaco only surviving because of the warning siren giving him enough time to dive into the water. Not only the system but Angels and Demons fighting for control. And humans are caught in the middle of the mess and undead monsters are everywhere. So level up if you want to live!
Yeah, I admit that the book ends on a cliffhanger! But in actuality it really ends in a good spot and it's all set to dive into the next action-driven adventure. So I say go grab the book to watch and see what Jaco does...
Getting this book is a no brainer it's a litRPG and it's read by Peter Berkrot... what more could I want... this is what happens to Jaco when the system hits earth in a Firey Cataclysm. Jaco only surviving because of the warning siren giving him enough time to dive into the water. Not only the system but Angels and Demons fighting for control. And humans are caught in the middle of the mess and undead monsters are everywhere. So level up if you want to live!
Yeah, I admit that the book ends on a cliffhanger! But in actuality it really ends in a good spot and it's all set to dive into the next action-driven adventure. So I say go grab the book to watch and see what Jaco does...
December 4, 2024
A christian litrpg!, MAGA forever, may the lord bless you.
I really liked how the author described interactions between the main hero and the camp people, what each person going though with their own demons fighting inside. The main hero is not OP or chosen like Zac in Defiance of the Fall or has any OP perks like Jake from the primal hunter. Still with lots of luck and blood, we see him rise to power, grinding these levels.
It was a pleasure to read it, looking forward for the next book and the series.
I really liked how the author described interactions between the main hero and the camp people, what each person going though with their own demons fighting inside. The main hero is not OP or chosen like Zac in Defiance of the Fall or has any OP perks like Jake from the primal hunter. Still with lots of luck and blood, we see him rise to power, grinding these levels.
It was a pleasure to read it, looking forward for the next book and the series.
December 23, 2024
confusing perspective
I couldn’t get past 50 or so pages.
The story and premise were fine. Bot terrible not great.
The problem was the voice. The author kept switching from referring to the MC as Jaco, the druid, and way too frequently “the young man.” It was jarring and disconnecting.
Readers want to get into the mind of the character to immerse in the story and the inconsistent voicing kept pulling me out.
Also, when the author first revealed the MC’s third use of the druidic transformation, the reveal was out of nowhere and totally stupid. Seriously dumb.
I couldn’t get past 50 or so pages.
The story and premise were fine. Bot terrible not great.
The problem was the voice. The author kept switching from referring to the MC as Jaco, the druid, and way too frequently “the young man.” It was jarring and disconnecting.
Readers want to get into the mind of the character to immerse in the story and the inconsistent voicing kept pulling me out.
Also, when the author first revealed the MC’s third use of the druidic transformation, the reveal was out of nowhere and totally stupid. Seriously dumb.
May 11, 2025
Not the greatest book I’ve read
I never could really get into the story. It’s not like the storyline was bad, but it wasn’t really good either. The MC is strong compared to the rest of the survivors, but was weak compared to the demons/evil survivors. All the skills listed and taken by the MC were odd. I can appreciate the out of box approach, but the skills just didn’t meld well with me and the story. I won’t be purchasing the next audiobook. I will check out the kindle version - too many bad reviews and my own doubts about the story.
I never could really get into the story. It’s not like the storyline was bad, but it wasn’t really good either. The MC is strong compared to the rest of the survivors, but was weak compared to the demons/evil survivors. All the skills listed and taken by the MC were odd. I can appreciate the out of box approach, but the skills just didn’t meld well with me and the story. I won’t be purchasing the next audiobook. I will check out the kindle version - too many bad reviews and my own doubts about the story.
May 11, 2025
A possible good story ruined by a dumb mc.
The mc constantly makes stupid decisions without learning from past mistakes, is a whiny adrenaline junky, and I just do not like him in general. For example, he is CONSTANTLY out-sped by creatures with a higher agility then him, even MENTIONING their higher agility, but refuses to dump points into it to keep up and stop taking so much damage. Which is a shame because there is a lot of potential in the story. Im not looking forward to the next book though.
The mc constantly makes stupid decisions without learning from past mistakes, is a whiny adrenaline junky, and I just do not like him in general. For example, he is CONSTANTLY out-sped by creatures with a higher agility then him, even MENTIONING their higher agility, but refuses to dump points into it to keep up and stop taking so much damage. Which is a shame because there is a lot of potential in the story. Im not looking forward to the next book though.
January 5, 2025
Writing 2/5
Magic and System 2/5
Audiobook narrator 1/5
This book is very shallow, the Christian symbolism is poorly done and does more harm than good. If you're looking for a better druid/shapeshifter story, check out Tales of the endless empire on RR.
People who like shopocolypse and the fortifier might enjoy this.
Magic and System 2/5
Audiobook narrator 1/5
This book is very shallow, the Christian symbolism is poorly done and does more harm than good. If you're looking for a better druid/shapeshifter story, check out Tales of the endless empire on RR.
People who like shopocolypse and the fortifier might enjoy this.
March 24, 2025
Half the world is gone
This was not bad for a story, but I have read others that were similar. The end of the world and those who survived have to get stronger. The one thing I saw in this book is that the main character started in a harder area, and when he met other people, he was really overpowered for the area.
This was not bad for a story, but I have read others that were similar. The end of the world and those who survived have to get stronger. The one thing I saw in this book is that the main character started in a harder area, and when he met other people, he was really overpowered for the area.
November 29, 2024
I enjoyed the post apocalypse with fantasy LitRPG elements, but the characters and plot lagged. It felt like new powers and action were the main focus, so some might enjoy this. I’m not continuing past this. The narration was very well done.
December 9, 2024
Kind of Exciting...
This is a strange story of a young man left along in his city fighting zombies along and found away to survive? He got strong and decided he would get strong to help others and his city. Luckily the system helped him a lot......
This is a strange story of a young man left along in his city fighting zombies along and found away to survive? He got strong and decided he would get strong to help others and his city. Luckily the system helped him a lot......
December 10, 2024
To much guilty pity
It was a good book until he joined the camp, from then on it was nothing but a pity party for everything. I quit reading it after all the guilt and pity was so bad!!
It was a good book until he joined the camp, from then on it was nothing but a pity party for everything. I quit reading it after all the guilt and pity was so bad!!
January 4, 2025
Good, challenging reading
Well written, exciting plotline. You never feel the primary protagonist is entirely safe. This is an exceptional new world that explores a very different world with wonderful possibilities.
Well written, exciting plotline. You never feel the primary protagonist is entirely safe. This is an exceptional new world that explores a very different world with wonderful possibilities.
October 22, 2024
Very good
I absolutely loved this book. I pretty much inhaled it over an afternoon. Do yourself a favor and pick this up. I can't wait for the sequel.
Highly recommended.
I absolutely loved this book. I pretty much inhaled it over an afternoon. Do yourself a favor and pick this up. I can't wait for the sequel.
Highly recommended.
October 24, 2024
Good read
Nothing like an OP MC to get your blood a pumping. Picked it up and couldn't put it down. Now I have to wait for book 2 to come out. *sigh*
Nothing like an OP MC to get your blood a pumping. Picked it up and couldn't put it down. Now I have to wait for book 2 to come out. *sigh*
October 31, 2024
Fun dungeon grinder
This is an absorbing story about a post apocalypse game system. The characters are interesting and the story has some fun mechanics.
This is an absorbing story about a post apocalypse game system. The characters are interesting and the story has some fun mechanics.
October 31, 2024
Very good read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression types of books with lots of action.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression types of books with lots of action.
November 9, 2024
It’s an interesting idea, but Jaco’s a bit of a boring drudge and there aren’t really any other characters. Second book could go either way if there is one.
November 23, 2024
The ending sav3d it!!!
December 13, 2024
heck yeah, more please
Fun world mechanics and crazy people. I definitely want more of this as soon as possible! Gotta love a crazy Druid!
Fun world mechanics and crazy people. I definitely want more of this as soon as possible! Gotta love a crazy Druid!
December 31, 2024
Not much different than the 1000’s of other books of the same genre. Not bad, but not as good as the better examples of the genre
March 6, 2025
Interesting twist on the apocalypse
A different outlook on the apocalypse. The main characters have to stop overthinking about saving people. I still wonder about the angel.
A different outlook on the apocalypse. The main characters have to stop overthinking about saving people. I still wonder about the angel.
March 16, 2025
Don't read it. Save yourself
June 30, 2025
prthaps not the very best plot but nice to read
August 11, 2025
Enjoyable book
I am glad I picked up this book to read. A very interesting take on the origin of the system.
I am glad I picked up this book to read. A very interesting take on the origin of the system.
November 16, 2025
This story was a little slow going for me, but not a bad story. I think the narrator and I didn't gel, but I am willing to come back to this series in a few month.
July 8, 2025
A solid read. Not my favorite, but I don’t regret reading it. Mostly because of the MC. I hate an MC that makes dumb choices that no one would realistically make. It ruins the story immersion and I have trouble not dropping the story right away.
Probably won’t read the next one.
Probably won’t read the next one.
November 12, 2024
2.5 stars
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