Roads don’t keep order—people do.
Drew Armstrong is still permanently Level 1, still carrying a mop, a teacup, and a talent for ending fights without adding bodies to the count. When three caravans hire his witness-only escort—‘clean seats, public refunds, med first’—Drew and the crew roll out to tame a choke-point called Three-Spans… and the toll artists, ‘express’ pass peddlers, and parade drummers who make it dangerous.
Armed with benches, chalk, and a stubborn rule called Read @ Knees, Drew turns chaos into a corridor: rope to peg (low), Single Signal (hands or bell), Cup-Rail—do not cross. Bandits learn what a gentle seat feels like. A swinging gate meets Stage Door. A sideways surge runs into Barrier Bash and thinks better of it. And when a clinic needs through, the crowd hears two quiet taps on the rail and moves.
But winning isn’t holding the line while the hero is there—it’s leaving a room that behaves after he’s gone. With Lysa running the ledger, Squire minding dignity, and the Kid Crew posting plates, Drew has seven days to make the rules stick, crest-free and public… or watch the corridor slide back into someone else’s profit.
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Drew Armstrong is still permanently Level 1, still carrying a mop, a teacup, and a talent for ending fights without adding bodies to the count. When three caravans hire his witness-only escort—‘clean seats, public refunds, med first’—Drew and the crew roll out to tame a choke-point called Three-Spans… and the toll artists, ‘express’ pass peddlers, and parade drummers who make it dangerous.
Armed with benches, chalk, and a stubborn rule called Read @ Knees, Drew turns chaos into a corridor: rope to peg (low), Single Signal (hands or bell), Cup-Rail—do not cross. Bandits learn what a gentle seat feels like. A swinging gate meets Stage Door. A sideways surge runs into Barrier Bash and thinks better of it. And when a clinic needs through, the crowd hears two quiet taps on the rail and moves.
But winning isn’t holding the line while the hero is there—it’s leaving a room that behaves after he’s gone. With Lysa running the ledger, Squire minding dignity, and the Kid Crew posting plates, Drew has seven days to make the rules stick, crest-free and public… or watch the corridor slide back into someone else’s profit.
If you love:
- Smart, funny LitRPG with light progression and heavy craft
Non-lethal, inventive fights that solve problems instead of trophies
Found-family crews, public minutes, and rules that actually work
''then pour a cup and step into Fistful of Levels — Book 7: Roadwork.
Med first. No private lanes. Read at knees.
Grab Roadwork today and watch a city learn to behave.
Genre: Science Fiction
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