Římsa – McEwan Stacey (2024)

A brave girl named Dawsyn was randomly chosen as a sacrifice and thrown to her fearsome masters. Instead of succumbing to her fate, she sets out on a journey to save her people from their icy prison... In a place known only as the Rim, human civilization is trapped on a piece of rock along a steep mountain wall, separated by a deep Abyss. No one has the chance to escape the frozen wasteland without facing certain death. The people know nothing of the outside world, except that beyond the Abyss live the Glacians – semi-mythical, treacherous winged beings who grant them meager food rations in exchange for regular human sacrifices. Dawsyn has so far avoided the regular harvest, but this time luck has abandoned her. She was chosen and abducted from her icy home, the only world she knows. No one knows what will happen to her on the other side of the Abyss. Will she be murdered? Enslaved? Is something worse awaiting her? Dawsyn is a heroic warrior and is not afraid to reach for a knife or an axe to prove her strength to her opponents, but she cannot succeed against overwhelming odds. Fortunately, during her escape, she is offered help by a half-Glacian named Ryon, the son of a human woman. But can she trust one of the creatures that have made her life miserable until now? Can they find common ground? The first part of a new...