The Softening Of Ice (When The Ice Melts from Aesirvanirtru Book 1)

In the frozen wastelands of 2867 AC, the old gods are dying.The pagan faith of Aesirvanirtru has been nearly erased from the world. Its temples burned, its Seers butchered, and its followers hunted beneath the iron rule of the Crimson Order. Speaking the old tongues is punishable by death. Carrying runes is enough to earn execution.Deep beneath the mountains of ruined Norskheimr, the final RavenSeer, Skarvald the Rune-Sayer, performs one last forbidden ritual before the Crimson Order destroys his sanctuary. From ancient tomb-thrones buried beneath the roots of the world, he resurrects two legendary warriors of the First Age:Mark Thorson, the terrifying Seer-King who commands necromantic rune-magic with cold wisdom and ancient cunning.And Håkon Hårðradr, the monstrous frost-warrior wielding a rune-infused two-handed axe capable of freezing armies where they stand.Together with a young survivor named Håkon, marked by storm-blood and chosen by the Valkyries themselves, they flee into the hidden Veins of Yggdrasyl as the world begins to unravel around them.But something far older than empire is awakening beneath Norskheimr.Ancient gods break their chains. Forgotten prisons fail. Wolves older than history stalk the roots beneath the earth. The Crimson Order reveals horrifying truths about the old world. And deep below creation itself, an extinction-level entity known only as the World-Eater opens its eyes for the first time in ten thousand years.As Ragnarök begins anew beneath steel skies and burning storms, Håkon must survive long enough to uncover what the prophecy truly means:“When the ice softens, the world shall bleed.”Blending grimdark Norse mythology, post-apocalyptic survival, divine warfare, and brutal LitRPG progression, The Softening of Ice is the first chapter in the epic saga:When The Ice Melts from Aesirvanirtru. Read more