Part 2 Sovereign Ice, an Epic Tale of Future Earth
Published on 2018-03-30
Issue Details
That which separates us from the world and from one another is sovereign, and all the little inroads and personal connections we make otherwise are outlaw against the nature of the universe itself. A universe which is vast and indifferent, as boundless in time as in any physical dimension, and against which even the deities are as children. The world of Sovereign Ice takes place on a far future Earth, on a world which has been transformed by tragic circumstance into one whose cultures, concepts, and natural laws we would not recognize today. As the story opens, a mysterious narrator introduces us to a world more than a thousand years after “The Great Change,” when the Earth is trapped in the grip of ice and magic. He introduces us to Skye and Erok, a metal giant and an equally proportioned saber tooth tiger. Emerging for the first time from their mountain sanctuary, the incredible pair become lost amid glacial ice and snowstorms. At glacier’s end, the two find themselves joining forces with a vanguard of crimson clad soldiers. These are troopers of the Ayelsford Republic, traveling north to make contact with native peoples and to seek out a feared and respected power of the region known as: Nenquin, the Frost Queen.
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Science Fiction
Sovereign Ice - Chapter Seven
The narrator tells of his encounter with the core of the alien probe. It is the object they have been digging toward beneath the glacier. Upon touching the fragment they have uncovered, Michael alon...
Science Fiction
Sovereign Ice - Chapter Eight
DeVries amd his men interrupt the ritual sacrifice of a deformed child and call the wrath of the local warriors down upon them. The two forces end in an encounter that DeVries tries to control, but t...
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Sovereign Ice - Chapter Nine
Through a misunderstanding, Maya and the Frost Queen engage in unintended conflict. Disoriented and fleeing far to the east after her struggle with Nenquin, Maya sees what is driving the Keltoi from t...
Science Fiction
Sovereign Ice - Chapter Ten
Michael has evaded the zombie army only to break his ankle with no help in sight. Taking refuge in a cave, he meets Maya and begins to form a relationship with the young goddess.
Science Fiction
Sovereign Ice - Chapter Eleven
Michael comes partly alive at the touch of Maya's magic. Another magic wielder known to Ulean DeVries arrives, and the Ayelsford soldiers reach the native village of Shatak-te-ne.
Science Fiction, Adventure
Sovereign Ice - Chapter Twelve
Wounded by fire from the Ayelsord column, Michael and Maya struggle to survive. Sky and Erok have their own disastrous encounter with the soldiers from the south, as the main body of the exploratory f...
