Freedom's Ransom

Freedom Series, Book 4

By: Anne McCaffrey

Narrated by: Dick Hill

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. 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. 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. As an agricultural planet, rich in resources, Botany has more to offer than the colonists may have thought. 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.

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.

Earth needs food, and the resources to rebuild. 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. As alien influence fades, the people of Botany must decide what kind of world they will become.

Want more Freedom? Download more of the Freedom Series.©2004 Anne McCaffrey (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Full of humorous events as well as excitement, the fourth entryin McCaffrey's Freedom series will be relished by fans." ( Booklist)

I love this book

This was a great book! Great narrator. I have listened to it over and over.

Worth getting the whole series!

I have come back to this series time and again! Great story and narration! Great read!

Freedom series

Would you consider the audio edition of Freedom's Ransom to be better than the print version?

I LOVE Ann McCafrey regardless of the subject of her books. She has a wonderfull imagination and a unique way of expressing it. I get totally hung up on her books and can't lay them down. Its better for me to start a book after work on Friday....

What did you like best about this story?

It keeps you hopping just when you think this will be a good time to stop she starts in again. There were one or two of her books I read straight thru. Glad I started on a Friday.

Good tie in with previous books

Wished there were more story line about how slaves were rescued on the other worlds and how earth was being improved.

love it

I wish she had a chance to write one more book in this series. All of her books are wonderful but I like this one a lot. I listen to it a few times a year.

I am really sorry to reach 😢 the last book !

I have really enjoyed all of the stories. I wish there was another book in the series.

End of the series too bad

My second or third time thru this series and I wish it had more. Miss you Anne McCaffery!

Anne McCaffrey is a superb author! Like her other books, I have read this series multiple times. Listening was special!

I preferred the narrator for the first 3 books in this series more than the male narrator for the 4th book. His voice inflections and characterizations for the female characters was really annoying.

why was this the end?

I enjoyed this series and was sad to have it end. I did very much enjoy the story and Performance

Continuing story of Earth Prisoner’s on Botany

Quite Appropriate
After the efforts the Earthlings have made to eliminate the Overlords, they are still having difficulties in purchasing much-needed items still being removed from Earth.