General Information
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 Title:                  Freedom's Landing
 Author:                 Anne McCaffery
 Read By:                Susie Breck
 Copyright:              1995
 Audiobook Copyright:    1995
 Genre:                  Fiction
 Publisher:              Brilliance
 Series Name:            Catteni
 Position in Series:     01
 Abridged:               No

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 Media:                  Mp3 CD
 Number:                 1

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 Number of MP3s:         13
 Total Duration:         10:24:12
 Total MP3 Size:         428.78
 Encoded With:           Xing
 Encoded At:             CBR 96 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v2.3

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Book Description
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At last--an all new epic Anne McCaffrey novel set in a brave new world. 
Kristin Bjorsen is a human slave to the overlords called Catteni, who 
have made the races of many planets bend to their will. But now Kristin 
has become part of a tremendous alien experiment--one that gives her 
back her freedom, though not in a way she might have chosen.

From 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.

From School Library Journal
McCaffrey begins a new chronicle of human resilience and survival. 
Earth has been invaded by the Catteni, a race of soldiers who have come 
to quell opposition and to relocate troublesome cases (both human and 
alien) to inhospitable worlds. Kristen Bjornsen, a human, and a ragtag 
group must learn to communicate and begin to build a new life. Further, 
they must discover what is behind a completely different civilization 
that is using their planet (nicknamed Botany) as a farm for animal and 
vegetable produce. Underlying this cooperation is the resentment that 
some of the colonists feel for Zanial, a member of the race of slavers, 
and the romantic feelings that Zanial and Kristen begin to feel for 
one another. With two possible antagonistic alien cultures and their 
own internal problems, there can only be more interesting scenarios 
for the settlers of Botany. The characters are especially well developed: 
teens will be able to identify with their spirit, creativeness, and 
tenacity to survive despite all odds. A delightful novel for more than 
just McCaffrey's "old" fans.  Brian Martin, W.T. Woodson High School, 
Fairfax, VA

From Library Journal
When the Catteni conquerers of Earth discover a potentially habitable 
new planet, a group of human slaves, accompanied by an exiled Catteni 
lord, become involuntary colonists forced to live or die by their own 
resources. McCaffrey's latest novel inaugurates a new series set in 
a universe where humans are pawns in a war between galactic powers. 
With her customary talent for imaginative storytelling, the author skillfully 
portrays the environmental and personal challenges faced by the new 
colonists. Most libraries should consider this a priority purchase.

From AudioFile
How would humans respond to an aggressive, alien domination of the universe? 
Through the experiences of Kris Bjornsen, the listener enters this new 
world to discover its ferocity and the undaunted strength of the human 
spirit. Susie Breck's reading fully captures the adventure as her portrayal 
of the heroine is charming and deliberate. J.L.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, 
Maine

From Booklist
With this book, McCaffrey opens an exciting and totally convincing new 
universe far removed from the worlds of the dragonriders, the Rowan, 
the crystal singer, and the ship-brawn partnerships with which her readers 
are happily familiar. The Catteni, an alien race of slavers, are settling 
a habitable but dangerous planet with recalcitrant slaves from a variety 
of races, including the human; all must learn to cooperate with one 
another to survive. Among the conscripted colonists is an exiled Catteni 
noble, Zainal, who is resented by some other colonists because he is 
a member of the overlord race, and Kristin Bjornsen, a spirited young 
human who finds herself not only working closely with Zainal but drawn 
to him romantically. What with the "mechos" that already farm the planet's 
land, the advanced society that must have created them, the Catteni 
themselves, and the formidable race that apparently controls the Catteni 
as just some of the challenges facing the colonists, there can only 
be more action in the sequels McCaffrey presumably plans. Sally Estes-