Botany is the wonderful, but often hazardous planet the Eosi have chosen to drop many of humans they have captured from earth. With no intelligent species in residence, it is possilbe for those who have been dropped to colonize the world. But first they must overcome some of the natural hazards and get to known their "land lords", the Farmers.
In the Freedom series (Freedom's Landing, Freedom's Choice, Freedom's Challenge and Freedom's Ransom), once again Anne McCaffrey has created a world that is not only beautiful, but gives her heros a challenge.