The Rowan
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The Rowan is the first book in the Rowan series by Anne McCaffrey.
The Rowan (1990) is set in the universe of the Pegasus trilogy, set in a backdrop of a technologically advanced society in which telepathy, psychokinesis and other psychic Talents have become scientifically accepted and researched. Telekinetic and telepathic powers are used to communicate and teleport spaceships through space, thus avoiding the light barrier and allowing for the colonization of other solar systems.
In the series psionic powers occur of varying strength, the possessors being ranked from T12 (the weakest) to T1 (the strongest). The very strongest are employed as "T1 Primes" by an independent company, FT&T, (Federated Telepaths and Teleporters) for teleporting cargo and passengers between the systems. The Rowan tells the life story of a young orphan, of Prime talent, from the moment the child's community is wiped out in a mudslide to the time when she becomes a Prime and after a life of loneliness falls in love with a previously undiscovered Prime in a far away star system being attacked by aliens.
The central section of the book is based on McCaffrey's earlier short story "Lady in the Tower"
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