FROZEN SOVEREIGN: THE ICEBOUND OVERLORD
In his last life, the temperature plummeted to minus two hundred degrees Celsius, unleashing a merciless snowpocalypse. Civilization collapsed in a single night. Food became more precious than gold. A single spark of warmth was worth more than a human life.
Zane had prepared with everything he had — scavenging ruins, fortifying a shelter, and hoarding supplies to outlast the endless winter. Yet in the end, he died like a fool.
The woman he worshipped as a goddess, his own fiancée, betrayed him. The family that took him in only to steal his inheritance turned on him at the first sign of weakness. Even the neighbors he once helped without hesitation joined the frenzy, stripping him of everything and leaving him to freeze alone in the dark. As numbness claimed his body, regret burned hotter than any fire.
If only he had listened to that soft, persistent warning voice.
If only he had shown kindness to the one person who truly cared.
If only he had severed ties with those parasites the moment he learned the truth…
Perhaps moved by his dying fury, Hades granted him a second chance.
Now, Zane is back — twenty days before the ice age begins. This time, he won’t be kind. He won’t be naive. He will hoard every resource, fortify his shelter into an unbreakable fortress, and turn survival into his empire. He will become the one the cold cannot kill. And when the world freezes again… He will watch his betrayers kneel and beg in the snow.
PS: Grab your coat… the ice age is closer than you think.
NB: This novel has multiple arcs, free chapters, dark fantasy and contains heavy sci-fi in the first arc. It's my first book on this genre, I hope you love it.
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Chapter: The Sinking RoadCHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTYThe amber glow of the setting sun stretched long, distorted shadows across the ruined streets as the group pushed south. With the arrival of five o'clock, the pleasant afternoon warmth began to slip away, replaced by a damp, biting chill that threatened to freeze the top layer of the rushing meltwater.Zane kept a steady pace at the front, his heavy leather bag of jades and crystals shifting against his shoulder. Behind him, the small group formed a tight line. Edgar kept a supportive hand near Arthur’s shoulder, while Trigger and Jinx sandwiched Maya and Leo between them to ensure the children didn't slip.The path grew worse with every hundred meters they covered. The volume of liquid mud running off the cracked structural foundations had turned the asphalt into a slick, deceptive slurry.“Stop,” Arthur called out, his raspy voice cutting through the sound of squelching boots.Zane halted instantly, glancing back over his shoulder. The old engineer was
Last Updated: 2026-07-10
Chapter: The All-CureCHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINEJinx reached deeper into the narrow opening, her hands gently catching the young girl’s arms. With a careful pull, she helped the thirteen-year-old guide her younger brother out of the dark, rusted container.As they stepped into the open air, the sudden brilliance of the daylight made the young girl gasp, her eyes squinting hard against the glare. She collapsed onto the soft dirt, cradling her ten-year-old brother in her lap. The boy was shivering violently despite the warm sun, his skin had turned pasty white and his lips were cracked and dry.“He’s burning up,” Trigger said, dropping to her knees beside them and pressing the back of her clean hand against the boy’s forehead. “His fever is too high. Zane, he needs urgent treatment right now or his organs will fail.”The young girl looked up at Trigger, her eyes filling with tears. “Please help him. We ran out of clean water three days ago. He won't wake up.”Trigger’s eyes widened as she suddenly
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Chapter: The New PathCHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTThe five of them walked slowly down the cracked highway. The bright sun beat down on their faces, a warmth they were all still trying to get used to after so many years of darkness.Zane walked a few paces ahead of the group. Adjusting the heavy leather bag of wealth on his shoulder, he focused inward, speaking directly to the digital entity inside his mind.‘BITS CORE, give me a status report,’ Zane thought. ‘We need to find the people who are still out here.’[Acknowledged. Running a short-range thermal scan,] the robotic voice replied inside his head.[Two living signatures detected four hundred meters to the northeast. Biological data indicates they are young juveniles. The scan shows two siblings trapped inside a hollow steel shipping container beneath a collapsed bridge.]Zane continued walking, but his expression turned solemn.‘What about the rest of the planet? Give me a report on Earth's current condition. We also need food. How are we su
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Chapter: Calm DownCHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENThe thin man lay on the ground, shaking and coughing as Trigger walked away. The whole place became quiet, except for the sound of the ice melting into water.Zane looked at the frightened man before turning to Trigger. His face remained expressionless, but his voice turned stern.“Trigger, stop.”Trigger froze. Her back was stiff with anger, and her hands were clenched into tight fists.“He doesn't know anything,” Zane said, taking a step toward her. “He has been hiding in the dark and trying to survive the apocalypse for as long as it started. Faith was all he had left. You should not have attacked him like that.”Trigger spun around, her eyes blazing.“Are you serious right now, Zane? He is thanking a statue! You literally sold your…”“Look at him,” Zane interrupted.“The man is just skin and bones. He is severely malnourished. If you pick him up and shake him like that, he could easily break. What if he falls, hits his head, and dies? What did
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Chapter: The Saviour and The SkepticCHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX“Everyone, let's move down.” Zane suggested, noticing the betterment of the weather. “We still have to check on the remaining 992 people left and gather as many people as possible for the return of civilization.”The descent through the Section 8 complex became an eerie trek through a transforming world. Level by level, floor by floor, they watched the death of the old world. On the upper residential tiers, massive blocks of black permafrost slid off the reinforced concrete like shedding skin, dissolving into steam before they even hit the lower ledges. By the time they reached the middle logistics decks, the air was humid, and smelling heavily of damp earth and ozone.The dark, corrupted water didn't pool anywhere. Every crack in the foundation, every structural seam in the floors acted as a siphon. The concrete itself seemed to sweat the poison out, casting it down into the insatiable throat of the planet.When they finally breached the heavy, warp
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Chapter: The First Sight Of SunlightCHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVEThe dripping of water accelerated, transforming from a tentative, sparse tapping into a frantic drumbeat against the ruined concrete stairs.A warmth, entirely alien to the frozen tomb of Earth, surged upward from the subterranean foundations of Section 8. It crushed against the frost, shattering the sub-zero density of the atmosphere with the violent pressure of a microscopic shockwave.[Warning: Extreme atmospheric anomaly detected,] Bits core hummed inside Zane’s mind.[The global thermal equilibrium is destabilizing at an exponential rate. Ambient surface temperature is rising by seven degrees Celsius per second. This isn’t a natural weather cycle. The planetary core is purging the permafrost via localized kinetic dispersion.]“Look at the walls,” Jinx whispered, her voice trembling as she stumbled backward against the railing. Her hands shook so violently that the Aethelgard scanning device slipped from her grip, clattering down the steps.Nob
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Chapter: CHAPTER NINETEENThe heavy oak door clicked shut behind Dante, leaving the high-rollers in silence.Down the hall, the quiet working of the Nature Club's private elevator was the only sound as Ethane stepped inside beside Dante.“Bryce refused the offer,” Ethane reported as the elevator descended. “He swore he would rather destroy the property than sell it to us.”“He is reacting with pride,” Dante replied, keeping his gaze fixed through the glass as the city drifted past. “And pride is a luxury he can no longer afford.”—An hour later, the atmosphere inside the Ashcroft financial suite was thick with panic.Bryce slammed a stack of red-stamped notices onto his desk and glared at his head accountant.“What do you mean the cash reserves are empty?” Bryce demanded, his voice rising. “We had six million in the floating casino account yesterday.”“The high-rollers aren't settling their weekly markers, sir,” the accountant stammered, tugging nervously at his collar. “Gideon Fisher's office won't take our
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHTEEN“No, Father. I don't think that'll be a good idea,” Bryce interjected, taking a step toward the desk. “Dante Morrell is already in the public eye thanks to Ethane Massimo. If anything goes wrong with him at this point, we're only digging a bigger hole for ourselves.”Camilla spun on her heel. “So what do you suggest, Bryce? We just sit here and let him breathe down our necks until Dylan completely walks away from the merger? He’s holding my life hostage!”“I suggest we use our brains for once instead of our hands!” Bryce snapped back, his voice echoing off the high boardroom ceiling. “Look at the screen! The entire city is waiting for us to make an aggressive move so they can justify burying us completely. If Dante gets so much as a scratch on him this week, the police won't even look for another suspect. They’ll come straight to this room.”Hendrix’s jaw tightened as he leaned his full weight onto his cane. “Bryce is right about the timing, Camilla. A direct hit right now is corpor
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTEEN“Arrgh!” Camilla screamed, throwing out all the things in her vanity. “That asshole, how dare you sabotage everything I've worked so hard for? Dante!!! If only you hadn't appeared. If only you hadn’t. Ethane Massimo wouldn't have such leverage against me!!”The shattered remnants of Camilla’s perfume bottle lay scattered across the marble floor of her room filling the air with a heavy fragrant scent. She didn’t look at the mess. Her focus was entirely locked on the phone vibrating against her vanity.The caller ID flashed a name that made her throat tighten: Dylan Pierce.She swiped the screen, her voice shaking despite her best efforts to sound composed. “Dylan, darling, the media is twisting everything. My legal team is already…”“Shut up, Camilla,” Dylan’s voice cut through the line, cold and stripped of any prior warmth. “I don't care about your PR spin. My board spent the last two hours watching you humiliate your family name on a global broadcast.”“It was a setup,” she pleaded,
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTEENThe video played with crystal clear audio. On screen, Camilla’s voice sliced through the casino noise.{What an interesting surprise. I almost didn’t recognize you, Dante Morrell. Still alive? I honestly thought you’d died in prison by now.}Dante watched his own recorded image on the tablet. In the video, he remained perfectly silent as Camilla turned to the pressing reporters, her face twisted in a smug sneer.{Everyone should stay away from this man. He’s a convicted murderer. He killed someone ten years ago. And now he’s here—probably escaped. He’s dangerous. You should arrest him before he hurts someone else.}“She really laid the trap for herself,” Ethane murmured, keeping his eyes on the surging live-view count. “She wanted a public execution.”On screen, the confrontation escalated. The footage showed the two security guards seizing Dante’s arms, and Camilla thrusting the divorce papers forward.Then came the fluid motion where Dante twisted free, sending both guards crashing
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTEENThe wind outside howled, rattling the heavy glass panes of the balcony doors. Camilla forced her eyes away from the shifting shadows of the tree line, her chest heaving as she ripped the velvet curtains shut.She refused to let a ghost terrify her in her own home. She marched back to her vanity, her trembling hands snatching her phone to call Bryce. But before her fingers could touch the screen, the display flickered. It was a message from Bryce asking her to the boardroom.—few hours later—The mahogany doors of the private boardroom barely muffled the panic outside. Inside, Hendrix stood by the window, his fingers gripping his cane with a pale face.“Dylan’s capital cleared our escrow account five minutes ago,” Bryce said, tossing his phone onto the long table. “But the market isn't stabilizing. The short volume against our hospitality bonds just doubled.”Camilla stood rigid near the small desk, her fingers snapping her designer bag shut. “It’s fake. That Massimo brat is throwing
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Chapter: CHAPTER FOURTEENThe glass cabinet in the living room rattled as Hendrix slammed his cane onto the hardwood, the sound echoing the finality of the television broadcast.Bryce stepped back, his phone still lighting up with frantic alerts from their brokers, but Hendrix ignored him entirely. His eyes remained locked on the static screen.“Get out,” Hendrix said, his voice dangerously quiet. “Both of you. Out.”Bryce didn't argue. He signaled to Camilla with a sharp jerk of his head, and the two siblings exited the room, leaving the old man alone with his collapsing empire.Upstairs in her private suite, Camilla paced the floor, her heels clicking violently against the marble. She dragged the thick leather folder containing the new divorce documents out of her designer bag and threw it onto the vanity.“Lucky for you some patrol team found the assailants and cleared them after sensing danger. Otherwise, you'd be fried fish by now. And you dare threaten me.”She scoffed.“You think you can hide behind you
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