The Rowan

First off, I have to vent about the title of this book. As if the Christian entertainment industry didn't produce enough knock-offs of secular media, now we have an "inspirational" novel with the same title as a work by the late, great Anne McCaffrey. That's not the first time this author has done s......more

What happens when everything you thought you knew and understood about the world is shattered in a single moment? That's the question Valentina Garnier faces after a sudden trip to Russia at the bequest of a long time ally. Val is known in many circles as someone who gets the story without getting a......more

My thanks to Severn House for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘The Rowan’ by Davis Bunn. I was drawn to this thriller by its premise of a mysterious Rowan tree situated on Kunashir, a remote island in Russian territory, that appears to exert some kind of influence upon the consciousness of people that have......more

I am still trying to figure out what I think about this book. On the one hand, it was imaginative, interesting, tense, adventurous, and leaving me wanting to know how it would all resolve (apparently not until the next book(s)). On the other hand, I wondered throughout the book, and even now, who I......more

The Rowan Tree by Davis Bunn was an intriguing science-fiction with an interesting concept. I received a copy of the book for a free and unbiased review. I enjoyed the original underlying mystery of the book- why are so many people travelling to an isolated island and returning different. The governme......more