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The Rowan boasts exceptional telepathic talent, yet she feels isolated, lacking family, friends, or love. When a distressing telepathic message arrives from a distant world under alien threat, it comes from an unknown Talent named Jeff Raven. Their meeting promises power, danger, and the possibility of love.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Anne McCaffrey
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