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The Rowan (Paperback)

by Anne McCaffrey (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Books; New edition edition (19 Sep 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552137634
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552137638
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 208,603 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Trapped under tons of mud following a huge mud slide, a three-year-old girl screams out telepathically for help. Every resource on her planet is used in her rescue mission, for she is no ordinary girl, but a Prime, and possessor of one of the most powerful minds in the Nine Star League.


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The Talents were the elite of the Nine Star League. Their gifts were many and varied, ranging from the gently telepathic, to the rare and extremely valued Primes. On the Primes rested the entire economic wealth and communications systems of the civilised worlds. But Primes were scarce - only very rarely was a new one born.

And now, on the planet Altair, in a small mining colony on the western mountain range, a new Prime existed, a three-year-old girl - trapped in a giant mud slide that had wiped out the rest of the Rowan mining community. Every Altarian who was even mildly talented could 'hear' the child crying for help, but no one knew where she was buried.

Every resource on the planet was centred into finding 'The Rowan' - the new Prime, the first ever to be born on Altair, an exceptionally unique Prime, more talented, more powerful, more agoraphobic, more lonely, than any other Prime yet known in the Nine Star league.

THE ROWAN - A NEW CONCEPT, A NEW LEGEND, FROM THE CREATOR OF THE DRAGONS OF PERN.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Stellar Experience!!!, 9 May 2004
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THE ROWAN is the first book in the wonderful TOWER AND HIVE series (the other titles being; DAMIA, DAMIA'S CHILDREN, LYON'S PRIDE, THE TOWER & THE HIVE) and is easily the best.

We are now in the universe envisaged by Henry Darrow and the first Peter Reidinger (see PEGASUS series), a world where mankind has reached beyond the stars; where inter-planetary transport and communication is achievable predominantly through the powers of the scarce and extremely valuable PRIMES, grade 1 strength telepaths/telekenetics.

Angharad Gwyn from the planet Altair is only 3 years old when her entire family, with the rest of their mining community, are killed in a mudslide. The only survivor is trapped in a hopper; cold, hungry and wanting her .....MOMMEEEEEE. Everyone planetwide even slightly talented hears her telepathic cries and the search for the child begins. This is aided by a powerful clairvoyant who predicts a long lonely road for THE ROWAN, the new name adopted by the precious child Prime.

The Rowan's life is spent training to take a Prime position on Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons. Her passage to her new station is terrifying; as like all Primes The Rowan is intensely agorophobic and unable to launch herself through space. She regards this 'Prime Trait' bitterly, understandably so considering she's capable of launching huge cargoes through the known universe and receiving telepathic messages from lightyears away.

As The Rowan resigns herself to a solitary life with no mate she receives a strong telepathic message from the distant planet of Deneb.... and it's male. Overcoming life long fears, she unites with Jeff to aid in the protection of his planet. It is here that she finally meets the destiny predicted when she was 3 years old....

Ms McCaffrey has created a wonderful universe, with solid believable characters from diverse worlds and cultures. This book is so great that I recommend you don't stop here - I strongly urge you to get the other 4 books!!!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, 'The lady in the tower' right from the start., 5 May 2000
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The Rowan is a supreme example Anne M. at her best, as with most of her books I got to know the character very well and wanted to know more. All of the Tower and Hive series follow this line but The Rowan continues to be my favorite.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tantalisingly terrific!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 7 Mar 1999
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This book has adventure, sci-fi, telepathic talents and romance. The Rowan is a young child ophaned by a mud slide which wiped out her whole colony. The Rowan is the only one to suvive the tragedy, saved in her baby bouncer. As the Rowan crys out for her mother she also crys strongly on the telepathic wave lenth making all the talents on Altair cringe. This child is certainly special!
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3.0 out of 5 stars The Rowan
"The Rowan" is a continuation of the series "The Talents of Earth". Peter Reiddinger's dream of going to space has been realized and the talented are vital in this venture... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2005 by bookaholic

3.0 out of 5 stars The Rowan
"The Rowan" is a continuation of the series "The Talents of Earth". Peter Reiddinger's dream of going to space has been realized and the talented are vital in this venture... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2005 by bookaholic

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - well worth the read!
The Rowan - starting with the sole survivor of a mud slide at The Rowan Mining Company, the girl child is discovered by Talents - people with amazing telepathic and telekinetic... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars It is one of my favourite books
The Rowan is about a little girl who survives a mudslide that killed everyone else. She has strong telepathic links & other telekinetic abilities which are very useful to her... Read more
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