Sci-fi audiobook The Settlement
In the middle of the forest is a small cluster of huts. People live in them - or rather survive, for the surrounding world of living trees and night monsters is an evil and hostile place where man is an unwelcome guest. Mystery lurks here in a thousand different forms, and every step can bring death or madness...
Day after day, the inhabitants of the settlement struggle to survive and maintain their human dignity. They dream of making their way to the far north, where there may be hope of rescue. The road to it is long and difficult. It leads through a wilderness full of predatory beasts and snow-capped mountains with only one pass that is passable. Yet at the beginning of every summer, which is a rarity in this world, people set out on a journey. Until now, all expeditions have ended in failure, but now a new generation of young people, who grew up in the settlement and know the times before its founding only from stories, are embarking on a harrowing journey for the first time...