{"product_id":"freedoms-ransom","title":"Freedom's Ransom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, open your mind to new worlds and new concepts.  Worlds where humans are the slaves of aliens and survival is something that must be fought for... Perfect for fans of David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I could not put the books down until I had read all four' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Very gripping' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Anne McCaffrey is a super-talent' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impossible to put down' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**********************************************************************************************\u003cbr\u003eThe inhabitants of the penal planet \u003cb\u003eBotany\u003c\/b\u003e had fought a grim and dangerous war to free themselves from their \u003cb\u003eEosi overlords\u003c\/b\u003e. Now the Eosi were gone, and both Botany and \u003cb\u003eEarth \u003c\/b\u003ewere free again - free, but in serious trouble as the theft of all their communications satellites by \u003cb\u003ethe Catteni\u003c\/b\u003e (working for their Eosi masters) had left them isolated and in a desperate situation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoping that everything stolen from them would be returned, they found that Catteni greed had triumphed. The merchants of \u003cb\u003eBarevi\u003c\/b\u003e refused to give up the stolen goods unless a substantial ransom was paid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarth was in a particularly bad way: disease, vandalism, starvation and the breakdown of their mechanical world had left its people fighting for survival. They desperately needed the goods the Barevi were hoarding.  And so \u003cb\u003eZainal, Kris\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ea courageous team from Botany\u003c\/b\u003e set off to try and outwit the thieving merchants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was an expedition that led to a horrifying replay of an old nightmare for Kris - and only Zainal could save her and the future of both Earth and Botany.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240609894744,"sku":"9780552160698","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780552160698.jpg?v=1777617013","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/freedoms-ransom","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}