The Rowan (Bookcassette(r) Edition)

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Summary: Spellbinding...great lead into the series.
Review: When the reader begins the Rowan Series, this book convinces him or her that it is truly going to be good. It opens innocuously enough: a remote mining settlement on the planet Altair; a large rainstorm; a mother rushing home with her parcels. And a child in its sturdy little hopper, unaware that an immense amount of mud is about to slide into the Rowan camp in a wave of brown sludge and obliterate it so completely the rest of the planet won't know it's gone until days later...when the child broadcasts a psychic wail so loud the entire planet hears it. The child's immense potential is immediately realized... Thus begins the Rowan's tale and life. It is a tale of courage, triumph and loss. Still young, the Rowan loses two of her most treasured companions, almost loses her own life, and leads an entire star system and its collected minds to a triumphant defeat over an alien armada determined to exterminate the Human race once and for all. And in the midst of all this she finds a true love, amidst the ruins of interstellar battle, a man whose mind is as powerful as hers. And with the guidance she needs the Rowan discovers who her parents were and who she really is. This book is a must-read for both readers of Anne Mccaffrey and the sci-fi genre in general.