Freedom's Ransom (Freedom Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (573 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593350988 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 405 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Disappointing Dr. Debra Anne McCaffery is one of my all-time favorite authors, and that's saying a lot considering what an avid reader I am. I loved the first three Freedom Series, which I have in hardback and have reread several times over the years. I saw book one on sale f. "Not up to par" according to Amber. I only read a few pages before I returned the book. It may be a perfectly fine book on its own, but it does not fit in with the rest of the series. The characterizations are slightly off and the feel of the book is subtly wrong. It was enough of a diff. Freedom Has A Price Completing the "Freedom" series (thus far), Kris, Zainal, & Co., must establish Botany as part of an interstellar economy. The Catteni are free of the Eosi overlords, they've given Earth its independence, so, now what? Trade, rebuild Earth, find the de
As an agricultural planet, rich in resources, Botany has more to offer than the colonists may have thought. Botany needs technology—from solar satellite panels to simple batteries—and, some say, the will to protect itself from being overrun by refugees who may or may not have strength and skills. When Kris Bjornsen and her fellow slaves were dumped on an uninhabited planet by the alien overlords called Catteni, there was no guarantee they would survive. But they did survive, building a civilization and a home on the planet they named Botany. Earth needs food, and the resources to rebuild. Other worlds too have had their wealth skimmed away by
While the preface of Freedom's Ransom crisply summarizes the preceding books, this series has so many characters, races, and planets that newcomers should start with the first book, Freedom's Landing. Freedom's Ransom is the fourth novel in Anne McCaffrey's Freedom series, also known as the Catteni Sequence. Freedom's Ransom ends conclusively, with no major unresolved plot lines, yet leaves space for at least one sequel. To save Botany, Zainal and Kris Bjornsen, his human lover,