Books of Interest?
             Catteni Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey

                  Reviewed by David Froude

Science Fiction/Fantasy

1 Freedom's Landing
2 Freedom's Choice
3 Freedom's Challenge

This is an entertaining read covering the invasion and conquering
of Earth by an alien species, the Catteni, who are mercenaries for
another alien race, the Eosi.  The transportation of earth people
as slaves to an alien planet and then shipment and dumping on an
apparently uninhabited planet with other assorted alien species
where they are left to fend for themselves.

The novels follow Kris Bjornsen's and her companions experiences
and adventures in organising themselves for survival, the
exploration of the new planet, the setting up of a social system
and the integration with the other alien species accompanying them
to the planet they name Botany.  The planet is eerie and not as
empty as it seems.  For someone or something has built huge barns
with the planet being used as a huge larder for an entity they
cannot comprehend.

It covers her meeting with one of the one of the hated Catteni who
has been dumped on Botany.  The feelings she develops for this
alien, his integration with and help he provides to the other
settlers and culminating in their struggle to free themselves, the
Catteni and Earth from the Eosi.

I thought all three books were very good with the first and third
being better than the second.

DWF Jan 2001


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