Freedom's Landing
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4.4 • 163 Ratings
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Kristin Bjornsen lived a normal life, right up until the day the spaceships floated into view above Denver. As human slaves were herded into the maw of a massive vessel, Kristin realized her normal life was over and her fight for freedom was just beginning…
The alien Catteni value strength and intelligence in their slaves—and Kristin has managed to survive her enslavement while hundreds of other humans have not. But her trial has just begun, for now she finds herself part of a massive experiment. The aliens have discovered a new world, and they have a simple way of finding out if it’s habitable: drop hundreds of slaves on the surface and see what happens.
If they survive, colonization can begin. If not, there are always more slaves.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With a tale of human and other slaves abandoned by harsh masters on an ostensibly deserted planet, McCaffrey begins another highly readable series about successful survival in difficult circumstances. Kristin Bjornsen, an escaped human slave on the planet Barevi, saves one of the Catteni masters, Zainal, from being killed in a blood feud. When she tries to return him to the capital city, she is caught in a roundup of troublemakers designated for colonization duty. Among those dropped with few supplies on the unexplored new planet, later named Freedom, is Zainal, who turns out to be an aristocrat of his species. After Zainal is again saved from death, this time at the hands of vengeful former slaves, he casts his lot with the castaways, who have turned to former Marine sergeant Chuck Mitford for leadership. In sturdy Robinson Crusoe fashion, the survivors overcome the odds against them, rescue other castaways and find signs of a mysterious civilization that is using Freedom as a giant mechanized farm. They also deal with the few bad apples in their midst. Meanwhile love blossoms between Zainal and Kristin, to the displeasure of some of the other humans. McCaffrey has created another set of winning protagonists and a carefully detailed, exotic background on which to develop a new series.
Customer Reviews
I read this in the 5th grade.
I read this book in the 5th grade. I was hungering for science fiction and I was also determined to win the reading award that year. I won it. However, out of all of the books I read that year only two have stuck with me. This is one of them. I’ve often drifted back to thinking about this book and I’m now starting to delve into the sequels. This is a great read for anyone that’s into sci-fi spliced with some survival and mystery!
Not horrible
It’s a good read, but not a great one. I think her strength as an author lies in the fantasy genre, not so much in sci-fi.
Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey
I'm assuming, and I know that's a no-no, this is the same lady who authored the ' Dragon Rider'. books some years ago and I hope I'm not "aging" Ms. McCaffrey. I was just getting back to reading when I started that first book and really enjoyed them. I also enjoyed this book. It had all the qualities I look for in a book and then some , was very readable and I had to force myself to take breaks when I needed to.