Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey- Reviewed by Megan C.

The Rowan is the fourth in the series. First of all, you need to know some terms:
Talents- telekinetics, telepaths, precogs,etc.
Primes- really strong telekinetics that run a station
Stations- places where Primes send shuttles to other planets and moons with shipments of products or materiel, or space ships
It takes place in Altair Station on Altair in the first part, then in Callisto Station on Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons in the second part. Even as a child, the Rowan was one of the strongest telepaths ever born. When her family's home was destroyed, her family killed, and she was trapped in a helicopter in a mudslide, a whole planet heard her mental distress calls for days until she was rescued. She was then taken in by the Altair Prime, Sieglen, and trained to become a Prime. Later, when she is running her own station, Callisto Station, she receives a mental distress call from the planet of Deneb from a man facing the destruction of his home planet from an attack from aliens. She chooses to help him, and on the way discovers her true love.
I recommend this book to people who like science fiction books. Warning: mature content.

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