Freedom is based upon the novels of the same name.
The game is set in the same universe as the novels, but it doesn't follow the books' storyline. We felt that if we did that, folks who'd read the books would know exactly what to expect from the game, and we wanted to provide a few surprises. Ms. McCaffrey held essentially an advisory a role. She saw the story, characters, etc. and gave us her feedback on them, and was just extremely pleasant to work with all around. We tried to have her record the closing sequence of the game, but unfortunately technical difficulties kept us from using her reading.