Freedom's Ransom (Freedom Series)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.71 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 144186721X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 282 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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 ebooks. Book four was . 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 has the same feel a. Freedom Has A Price Phoenix 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, and a whole lot mo
The sequel to Freedom's Landing, Freedom's Choice, and Freedom's Challenge, Freedom's Ransom will please some fans of this star-spanning science fiction series, but others will find the book slow-paced, talky, and lacking in action. 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
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. In time they were instrumental in driving the Catteni away from Earth and neighboring planets. Botany is free now, and so is the devastated Earth. 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. Other worlds too have had their wealth skimmed away by the Catteni: the nearby planet of Barevi is little more than a corrupt bazaar, where bits and pieces of Earth's once powerful technology can be traded for grain and mineral ores. 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. But they did survive, building a civilization and a home on the planet they named Botany. A trip to Earth shows Kris and Zainal very dramatically how weakened the home planet is after years of