The Rowan

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Told in the timeless style of Anne McCaffrey, The Rowan is the first installment in a wonderful trilogy This is sci fi at its best a contemporary love story as well as an engrossing view of our world in the future.The kinetically gifted, trained in mind machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League Using mental powers alone, these few Prime Talents transport ships, cargo and people between Earth s Moon, Mars Demos and Jupiter s Callisto.An orphaned young girl, simply called The Rowan, is discovered to have superior telepathic potential and is trained to become Prime Talent on Callisto After years of self sacrificing dedication to her position, The Rowan intercepts an urgent mental call from Jeff Raven, a young Prime Talent on distant Deneb She convinces the other Primes to merge their powers with hers to help fight off an attack by invading aliens Her growing relationship with Jeff gives her the courage to break her status imposed isolation, and choose the rewarding world of love and family. Best Read eBook The Rowan Author Anne McCaffrey – kino-fada.fr Look, I read a lot of McCaffrey when I was younger I adored Pern, enjoyed Acorna, and even attempted Acorna s Children despite my deep fear of plagues and dislike of plague plots in fiction I never got around to The Rowan, I think largely because it had Sexy Women on the front and I knew that, as a middle schooler, that was not the kind of book I shoul...Originally read Many years ago early mid 90 s Re read Sept 2016This was the first book I ever read by Anne Mccaffrey And I was hooked from the very beginning A great science fiction with just a touch of romance Well,romance in the second half I should say The series focuses heavily on telepathy, and psychokinesis Those that have these abilities are known as Talents Rowan is one such person The story starts the the girl to be known as Rowan at a very young age This book follows Originally read Many years ago early mid 90 s Re read Sept 2016This was the first book I ever read by Anne Mccaffrey And I was hooked from the very beginning A great science fiction with just a touch of romance Well,romance in the second half I should say The series focuses heavily on telepathy, and psychokinesis Those that have these abilities are known as Talents Rowan is one such person The story starts the the girl to be known as Rowan at a very young age ...Ohhhh goddamnit McCaffrey I just don t know.So the first like 3 4 of this book is actually surprisingly great and features some really good female characters and The Rowan is powerful and sometimes scary and it actually had me going like maybe it is actually possible for McCaffrey to write a good storyand then Rowan falls in love at first sight with this powerful stranger telepath dude and likeOkay, actually, I am okay with this, because you just like fused minds with him and so I can get Ohhhh goddamnit McCaffrey I just don t know.So the first lik...I first read this book when I was 7 or 8 years old I have read it EVERY year since I love this book I sincerly hope that they never make a movie about this book so that they cannot ruin it for me The thing that I love the most about her is that she is strong and fierce, but also soft and feminine That is how I strive to be She has influenced me throughout my adolescence and I will continue to read her story probably for the rest of my life I will give this book to my children to read I h I first read this book when I was 7 or 8 years old I have read it EVERY year since I love this book I sincerly hope that they never make a movie about this book so that they cannot ruin it for me The thing that I love the most about her is that she is strong and fierce, but also soft and feminine That is how I strive to be She has influenced me thro...The Rowan is about a woman who was found orphaned as a baby on a small mining planet Her entire town was destroyed during a mudslide leaving her as the only survivor She may not have survived anyways due to her being trapped inside a vehicle under the mud However, Rowan has incredible psychic powers in telepathy and telekinesis which caused people from other planets to hear her crying She was eventually saved and placed with someone to watch over her Due to her strong powers, they thought t The Rowan is about a woman who was found orphaned as a baby on a small mining planet Her entire town was destroyed during a mudslide leaving her as the only survivor She may not have survived anyways due to her being trapped inside a vehicle under the mud However, Rowan has incredible psychic powers in telepathy and telekinesis which caused people from other planets to hear her crying She was eventually saved and placed with someone to watch over her Due to her strong powers, they thought that the Rowan would grow into someone called a Prime Primes are the strongest of Talents, talents being people with psychic powers She eventually grows up and takes over a Tower, but she s lonely and listless Until one day s...Even the critical reviews here on Goodreads point out that at least the book starts off well I would have to disagree Apart from the absurdity of people moving spaceships with their minds is the bizarre writing style The author uses lots of ten dollar SAT words but then employs basic vocabulary in confusingly imprecise fashion, for example calling a 3 year old an infant in conversations where a pediatrician is present If you are going to dig through the dictionary, then look at the defin Even the critical reviews here on Goodreads point out that at least the book starts off well I would have to disagree Apart from the absurdity o...To readreviews in this series and others, check out my blog keikii eats books 97 points, 5 STARS Quote Instead, she had gone from one lonely tower to another Yegrani s long and lonely road had been before her a long and lonely time Review I absolutely loved reading The Rowan It was like this book was specifically created to hit all of my Oh my god, I love it buttons It is slow paced, taking the reader through the life of The Rowan Perhaps a bit slower than some readers might To readreviews in this series and others, check out my blog keikii eats books 97 points, 5 STARS Quote Instead, she had gone from one lonely tower to another Yegrani s long and lonely road had been before her a long and lonely time Review I absolutely loved reading The Rowan It was like this book was specifically created to hit all of my Oh my god, I love it buttons It is slow paced, taking the reader through the life of The Rowan Perhaps a bit slower than some readers might wish McCaffrey to go, even Yet I loved the pace, and I loved watching The Rowan grow up.This is the start of a spinoff from McCaffrey s The Talents series, several generations removed from the characters in those books, so it isn t necessary to read The Talent before reading this and I wouldn t even recommend that you do I d guess at the very least seven generations have passed, if notMankind has found a way to colonize space And the only way they could do that was through the help of extremely talented Pri...So of course I d read this before, many times I used to love it, even I saw it at the library s jumble sale, along with a bunch of its sequels It was cheap and I was gripped by nostalgia, what can I say.You can guess by that opening that I m a bit embarrassed Well, I am How did I ever think this was a great romance Look at it as the story of a charismatic megalomaniac coming along at a time and with the Talent to be helpful to humanity and feed his ego at the same time, and not a romance, So of course I d read this before, many times I used to love it, even I saw it at the library s jumble sale, along with a bunch of its sequels It was cheap and I was gripped by nostalgia, what can I say.You ca...Ugh.I am so annoyed I wasted a whole day on this book But, I am evenannoyed that is was voted the book of the month under Women in Sci Fi This is space romance Telekinesis and TElepathy joined in one person, albeit on a space station, does not Science Fiction make, even if there is an alien invasion And no, I do not beleive in Love at first mind brush To be fair, this book starts well A small child is the only survivor of a landslide,...I can t help it, I love these books I have read this one four times now over a 17 year period I highly recommend the Pegasus series followed by the Rowan series.Told in the timeless style of Anne McCaffrey, The Rowan is the first installment in a wonderful trilogy This is sci fi at its best a contemporary love story as well as an engrossing view of our world in the future.The kinetically gifted, trained in mind machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League Using ment I can t help it, I love these books I have read this one four times now over a 17 year period I highly recommend the Pegasus series followed by the Rowan series.Told in the timeless style of Anne McCaffrey, The Rowan is the first installment in a wonderful trilogy This is sci fi at its best a contemporary love story as well as an engrossing view of our world in the future.The kinetically gifted, trained in mind machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League Using mental powers alone, these few Prime Talents transport ships, cargo and people between Earth s Moon, Mars Demos and Jupiter s Callisto.An orphaned young girl, simply called The Rowan, is discovered to have superior telepathic potential and is trained to become Prime Talent on Callisto After years of self sacrificing dedication to her position, The Rowan intercepts an urgent mental call from Jeff Raven, a young Prime Talent on distant Deneb She convinces the other Primes to merge their powers wi...

The Rowan
  • English
  • 04 November 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 336 pages
  • 0517086034
  • Anne McCaffrey
  • The Rowan