Author: Anne McCaffrey
Publisher: Ace 0441005314
Year: 1998 Print: 1
Cover Price: $6.99
Condition: Near Fine. Light wear 
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 327
SKU: 110120122E

Kristin’s people have learned that the aliens responsible for their imprisonment are merely mercenaries, subjugated by the parasitic Eosi Race, and that Botany is being farmed remotely by some unknown species—a species that may be sympathetic to the colonists’ struggle for freedom.
 
The “Farmers” refuse to join the humans in their rebellion against the Catteni, but they agree to use their technological skills to shield Botany and hide it from its enemies—buying Kristin and the settlers time to build up their forces and liberate their world…