Eternal Winter's Reign
Shane Purdy
Alexander North is just a second lieutenant in the Terran Empire's military until the apocalypse spreads throughout the universe on the back of an endless blizzard and everything begins to change. No longer can people use guns, electricity, or fire — and radiation-filled shards flying through the storm mutate any creature they enter into mindless monsters. Alex is the only infected soldier in his base to not fully turn. A frozen-infection apocalypse LitRPG about his survival and rise through monsters, soldiers, and endless winter.
Progression: LitRPG apocalypse progression: an endless blizzard plus mutating radiation shards upend civilization, and protagonist Alexander North advances as a partially-infected soldier whose body changes rather than fully turning. Military rank structure frames weak-to-strong growth across volumes as Alex survives monsters, soldiers, and the frozen infection, with Book 2 continuing the apocalypse arc and Book 3 escalating to open war.
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