Freedom's Ransom (Freedom Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (512 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 144186721X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 199 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In time they were instrumental in driving the Catteni away from Earth and neighboring planets. The survivalist days are over, and the time has come for Botany to find its place in the power struggles of the newly configured universe. Earth needs food, and the resources to rebuild. As alien influence fades, the people of Botany must decide what kind of world they will become.. But they did survive, building a civilization and a home on the planet they named Botany. Without the help of Zainal, a renegade Catteni exiled by his own people, they might all have been food for the predators of the new world. 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
Disappointing 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 for 1.99 as an ebook and bought it. It's been a while since I read the series, and since I'm in temporary living quarters with my books boxed up, I bought the other books as eboo. Not up to par 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 difference that I couldn't bring myself to read further, and I typically finish most books I start. I have to wonder if this is a book that her son, Todd, helped with or wrote. It h. Phoenix said 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 deported slaves and get them home. That takes money, so Botany needs to build trade to finance all this, build relationships with Earth's rebuilding governments, find the slaves,
To save Botany, Zainal and Kris Bjornsen, his human lover, must find a way to help all the worlds. --Cynthia Ward. Sophisticated SF readers aren't likely to enjoy the series, but it should hook young adults; if you're looking to broaden a child's reading beyond Harry Potter, try Anne McCaffrey's Freedom series and Dragonriders of Pern series. Freedom's Ransom is the fourth novel in Anne McCaffrey's Freedom series, also known as the Catteni Sequence. But the other worlds have been ravaged by the Catteni, and once-proud Earth has been reduced to primitive poverty, its technology stolen by corrupt Barevi merchants. Freedom's Ransom ends conclusively, with no major unresolved plot lines, yet leaves space for at least one sequel. The planet Botany was settled by a mixed group of humans and aliens, slaves of the alien Catteni and their alien masters, the Eosi. Now Botany must establish trade with other planets in order to survive. While the preface of Freedom