Freedom's Challenge (Freedom series, 3) - Anne McCaffrey

Advantages: Light hearted easy to pick up Sci-Fi environment
Disadvantages: Not going to appeal to some readers at all.

...* Freedom's Landing * Freedom's Choice * Freedom's Challenge * Freedom's Ransom Freedom's landing was the first book, and is based on the 1970 short story The Thorns of Barevi. I admit to not knowing if the short story is one Anne McCaffrey has written, but I would imagine it is. I've not done further research on this one, hence my reluctance to just assume its one of her shorts. The books are all based around a planet that was named Botany by the ...
...about the previous two. Freedom's Landing - About a galactic force who invade Earth to colonize. Many humans are forced as slaves, or simply dumped on unknown planets where they are left to fend for themselves, often with little or no hope of survival. Until now….. Freedom's Choice brings about a new set of tests for those who survived the first drop. New friendships are being made, some suspicion still remains, but the one thing that hasn't been ... Read review

Advantages: A well written storyline, in true McCaffrey style.
Disadvantages: You really need to have read the first 2 books to identify with the characters.

The book has a well written, consistant storyline. The pace of the book flows evenly without struggling. The characters and their personalities are easy to identify with and take you with them, but unlike McCaffrey at her best you do not feel like you are the character. A group of human and mixed alien dissidents, have faced the challenges of being ripped away from their homeworld as slaves and 'dropped' on an alien planet with no sentient life forms, ...
...to fight back. This book has unusual twists and turns that have believability (hard when the subject matter is out of this world). It is necessary to read the first 2 books in the series to get the best from the book and I would not recommend anyone try and start this series in the middle. With some of McCaffrey's work this is possible, but not with this one. ... Read review