Series ~ The Tower and the Hive, #1
Author ~ Anne McCaffrey
Publisher ~ Ace/Putnam Books
Published ~ 20 August 1990
Genre ~ Sci-Fi/Fantasy
My Rating ~ 5 bites out of 5
A
natural disaster on Altair has left a three-year-old girl the lone survivor of
The Rowan Mining Company’s base camp. When her mental cries reach every
telepath on the planet a search for her becomes a race against time. She was
trapped in a hopper under a landslide of mud. No food, no water, no comfort and
running out of air. The trauma has left her no memory of her previous life, so
she becomes a ward of the planet Altair and is known as The Rowan. The Rowan
grows up a powerful telepath/telekinetic and it’s inevitable she will become
one of the few Primes of FT&T (Federated Telepath & Telekinetic).
Her
life is a lonely one until she meets Jeff Raven, a Wild Talent from a far flung
colony on Deneb VIII. Together they face the alien invaders pummeling his planet
and then they begin a life together. Sounds easy, right? Oh, no…nothing is ever
easy for a Prime, let alone two.
Picking
up hundreds of years after the original Talents
series, The Rowan begins a new era
for FT&T. Well-written with a fast pace the story of the Rowan’s life flows
by smoothly. An orphan and a powerful T-1 the Rowan is an unusual child and
leads an interesting, if lonely, life. I was happy for her when Jeff entered
the picture. He’s quite the character and even more of a powerhouse than she is
with considerable more charm, too.
I
also loved reading about a descendant of Peter Reidinger. Peter Reidinger IV is
Earth’s Prime and it’s nice to see the family line continue. Another
interesting part of the story is how Deneb is handling the aftermath of the
devastation. A new colony only three generations old and they just lost
three-fifths of their population and both of their major cities. Deneb is a
cash-strapped planet that needs to get it’s major export (minerals) up and
running again in order to pay off the colonization debt. It makes me appreciate
all of the things I have and how I can just make a run to the store if I need
something. All-in-all a great story to get lost in.
*Book
source ~ My home library
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