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Plot Summary of Freedom's Landing - Freedom Series 1
"When Earth is taken over by alien forces, the inhabitants are shipped off to a colonization world where they have to fight for survival with other alien races. Man vs. environment with a little romance thrown in.   This is a fabulous read!"
Rose Marie Bates, Resident Scholar

"Kris Bjorsen who was a slave tries to survive with some of her own species as well as many alien species on a planet. They were dropped on this planet by the Catteni,a race of aliens that enslave any race they come across. The planet was thought to be uninhabited but it wasn't. The planet was inhabited by the machines of a highly inteligent race of aliens. "
Maria Cerimeli, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of Freedom's Landing - Freedom Series 1
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - colonizing/homesteading another planet
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - slave - explorer
Age: - a teen - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male Alien - an entire race
Age: - 20's-30's - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - diplomat - slaver
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Mountains - Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens - unfriendly aliens - neutral aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
How much dialogue? - mostly dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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