Ledge by Stacey McEwan

(Angry Robot Books, 2022)

Reviewed by John Dodd

The world is only a Ledge, too steep are the cliffs behind it to climb out, too wide is the chasm beyond to jump to freedom, and from above, every once in a while, Glacians, a race of winged predators, come to take tribute from the steadily dwindling numbers upon this narrow precipice.

This is the story of Dawsyn, who lives upon the ledge and has nothing in her life to look forward to, those around her are dying, there are no moments of joy to be had, and as the demons come again and again, so those around her are taken, and leave her with nothing.

Till she herself is taken, and there’s a realisation that the world she knew is a prison, and that the Glacians aren’t invincible, that they can be fought, and they can be beaten. Strangest of all, it would be one of them, Ryon, a hybrid, outcast from the Glacians himself, that helps her to escape and learn more of the world beyond.

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