Freedom's Ransom (Freedom Series)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.34 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1441840370 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Now Botany must establish trade with other planets in order to survive. 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. 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. To save Botany,
But they did survive, building a civilization and a home on the planet they named Botany. As an agricultural planet, rich in resources, Botany has more to offer than the colonists may have thought. 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.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. 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. 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. Earth needs food, and the resources to rebuild. 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. A trip to Earth shows Kris and Zainal very dramatically how weakened the home planet is after years of Catteni domination, and how much Earth needs what Botany can give. 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
Dr. Debra said 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 a pleasant surprise--at first. (Yay, and Anne McCaffery book I haven't read!)I can understand and make allowances for a book that's essentially a . Not up to par 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 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 as the Pern books that he has written, none of which I have enjoyed as much as the books Anne McCaffrey herself wrote. In his books, the feel is ty. "Freedom Has A Price" according to 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 more.McCaffery is a storyteller if the first order. You care about her characters -- enough that she's sold millions of Pern books and would sell pl