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Sergeant Kendra Pacelli is innocent, but that doesn't matter to the repressive government pursuing her. Mistakes might be made, but they are never acknowledged, especially when billions of embezzled dollars earned from illegal weapons sales are at stake. But where does one run when all Earth and most settled planets are under the aegis of one government? Answer: The Freehold of Grainne. There, one may seek asylum and build a new life in a society that doesn't track its residents every move, which is just what Pacelli has done. But now things are about to go royally to hell. Because Earth's government has found out where she is, and they want her back. Or dead.
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About Michael Z. Williamson:
“A fast-paced, compulsive read…will appeal to fans of John Ringo, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, and David Weber.” – Kliatt
“Williamson's military expertise is impressive.” –SF Reviews
Michael Z. Williamson is retired from the US military, having served twenty-five years in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. He was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Desert Fox. Williamson is a state-ranked competitive shooter in combat rifle and combat pistol. He has consulted on military matters, weapons and disaster preparedness for Discovery Channel and Outdoor Channel productions and is Editor-at-Large for Survivalblog, with 300,000 weekly readers. In addition, Williamson tests and reviews firearms and gear for manufacturers. Williamson’s books set in his Freehold Universe include Freehold, Better to Beg Forgiveness, and When Diplomacy Fails. He is also the author of The Hero–written in collaboration with New York Times best-selling author John Ringo. Williamson was born in England, raised in Liverpool and Toronto, Canada, and now resides in Indianapolis with his wife and two children.
- Published on: 2013-12-03
- Released on: 2013-12-03
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
Michael Z. Williamson served for five years in the United States Air Force and five years in the Army National Guard, and has spent eight years in the Air National Guard. He is a competitive shooter who also collects and builds firearms and enjoys recreational parachuting. He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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113 of 124 people found the following review helpful.
Enthralling look into what could be
By I.N. Kenyon
When I first finished this book, my first reaction was, "When can I move?" It was only a few minutes later that I realized that Freehold existed only in the wildly creative mind of Michael Z. Williamson. I also realized that Mr. Williamson had just given me a glimpse into the future - where we, as a human society are headed, and where I wish we would end up.
Kendra Pacelli escapes from a human hell -- the kind of Earth most dread, but know deep inside that we could become if we continue on our present course. Human beings are controlled by government, by force, tracked, licensed and regulated. The United Nations, corrupt and power-hungry, governs earth with a socialist iron fist. Framed for a crime she didn't commit, Kendra escapes to the Freehold of Grainne - a society of a truly free people that refuses to become part of the UN's domination plans.
In her new home, Kendra learns what it's like to be truly human - to live, love, work, deserve, achieve and succeed without a power-hungry government controlling her every move. She learns that to be a wholly human means relying on oneself, taking responsibility for one's own actions and reaping the consequences. She realizes that true freedom is not easy, but worth defending.
As is typical of tyrannies, the UN cannot afford for the Freehold to exist. It cannot afford to allow its enslaved sheep to realize just how subjugated they are. The UN cannot tolerate the existence of a free, uninhibited society, so it attempts to destroy Freehold and the beneficial, successful society its inhabitants treasure.
It is during this war that Kendra learns how much she treasures freedom and what she will sacrifice to preserve it.
This book is an excellent read. It's a page-turner from beginning to end.
Freehold is a society of free human beings - a society I, personally, want to inhabit.
44 of 50 people found the following review helpful.
Admiration for a Good First Work
By A Customer
Buy this book if you like Military fiction or Libertarian philosophy, worked out in an unflinching and sometimes blunt way.
It's an excellent tract on Libertarianism carried out to a logical extreme, and a **** RIPPING GOOD ADVENTURE/WAR YARN ****. The infantry fighting and guerrilla warfare are just as credible as anything I've ever heard from a Viet-vet or any other military people who've ever described fighting in my hearing. The desperation and fear and occasional sense of unreality are all immediate, full-color, up close and personal, brutally direct.
The pre-war sequences are pleasantly entertaining, with a bit of set-piece background thrown in to educate the reader about the realities of life in a genuinely Libertarian society, as the author conceives them. In this, too, Mike reminds me of Heinlein -- just enough background to provide color for the piece, not enough to overwhelm or even seriously impede the plot. He has a good touch for this.
I had trouble in one or two places sympathizing with protagonist Kendra -- I couldn't get a read on what she was _feeling_ as she had certain _thoughts_ -- but the rest of the time she was completely real. That needs more consistency, but it's still better than three-quarters of the stuff I read.
I think this is a good first work, and in fact the rigorous working-out of the effects of theories does remind me quite a bit of early Heinlein (sorry, Mike). It hangs together nicely, and all the major plot threads are tied off in believable ways. It's not for the under-13 crowd, as it handles adult subjects in adult ways, without flinching or Bowdlerizing; both sex and violence are dealt with in the book, in ways that seem integral to the plot.
The thing that I find most likable about the book is that neither the hero nor any of her comrades are glamorized. The only thing I found even slightly unrealistic about the plot was the survival of all three members of the central trio throughout the war ... I guess someone hinted to Mike that you can't kill off major characters in mass-market any more, if indeed you ever could. I've also got some issues with his concept of how such a political system would work, but my point here is that his _people_ are believable as actors within the system.
I recommend it if you're tired of reading books of Glorious War, and if believable people are more important to you than sweetness-and-light characterization. It's a good book, and I look for more from this writer.
--Phil
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Superb First Novel! Thoroughly Enjoyable!
By A Christy
Freehold is one of those books that sticks with you. Long after you're done with it little snippets of detail will crop up while watching the news or scenarios creep back while in a mall. This almost new genre is taken to a whole new level in Freehold and brought closer to home and life in our modern world.
The story is of the future, of course. But it isn't the future we've all be fed in Star Trek. The UN is the be-all of military and our increasingly check-in-the-box society is rapidly reaching, or has perhaps already reached, the inevitable breaking point. Almost everything in life is designed for "fairness", which includes a military where selection is based on an endless series of exceptions. In this Earth, crimes of the most heinous sort can be considered "petty" because almost every criminal has an excuse of some sort or another and is therefore, by default, a victim too.
Basically, the Earth depicted is a chilling look into our future if we follow the natural progression we've long since begun.
Enter Kendra, our unlikely heroine and supply clerk in the UN forces. Sweet, a bit naive and certainly cute (because otherwise she couldn't be our heroine) she is the unwitting victim of a major theft ring within the UN forces by being the unfortunate who found it. Not powerful enough to be heard, she makes an excellent scapegoat. A bit of luck and uncharacteristic bravery brings her to a new planet and a new society.
***SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT***
Commonly referred to as Freehold, the system of Grainne is a system unique to the Human colonies and worlds. Staunchly refusing to be "helped" by the UN in establishing social programs and systems of taxation to support it, the entire planet is as libertarian as it gets. Kendra receives one shock to the system after another changing from hapless Earthling to Independent Freeholder. Her adventures lead to a true love of the planet, people and system and when the inevitable war happens, she shows her grit in defending her new home.
Make no mistake, it is a great story with an eerily prescient view of our society. In fact, I think he's being optimistic in thinking we'll be able to avoid that kind of Earth until after we develop interstellar capabilities. But back to the book...
As others have pointed out before, however, the book isn't without flaws or bouts of adolescent male fantasy. The fact that the people of Freehold often walk around naked may have been a way to express that freedom is really theirs and that they aren't bound by convention, it comes off a bit peeping-tom-ish. Considering that Freehold has far more intense sunlight and UV, it is completely counter-intuitive and any reasonably intelligent group of people would more than likely go the other way and develop inventive ways to cover up and stay cool.
Other flaws are the quick descent by Kendra from prudish girl from the Midwest to bisexual. Very quickly she's having threesomes with abandon as well as a very short stint as a prostitute with her prostitute girlfriend. These things don't ring true to most people. While a total libertarian myself; I understand very well that our internal character doesn't vary a great deal and you don't have to be easy to be libertarian.
The obsession with blades in an era of laser cannons and the quasi-mystical but almost planetwide reverence of slightly new age ceremony is also a bit of a problem. In a libertarian culture, it is very unlikely and if anything, you'll find as many beliefs as people in such a society.
These flaws are not at all insurmountable and don't really detract heavily from the enjoyment of the story. Other authors pepper in flaws or generalities like that all the time. The story itself is excellent and unique. And when you consider that this was a first novel that wasn't even really meant to become one, there's no question it deserves notice and respect.
If this author ever decides to do a re-write, you can bet I'll be one of the first in line for an autographed copy. On second thought, after my review of the concurrent book, The Weapon, I might not like what the author writes in any autograph for me!
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