Devya's Children

Her lost memories are the key to their survival. Under the direction of Dr. Dean Devya, Dr. Jessica Paladon genetically engineered a super soldier and one of the world's first Minders. But when dangerous training methods caused moral conflict, Jessie took an amnesia-inducing drug to leave the program for good. The program now needs to prove relevance. The government wants solid proof that Devya's program produces powerful weapons, not costly failures.

One can read minds, another can shape dreams, and still another can heal battle wounds. The list goes on. Join Jillian and her siblings as they navigate the dangers of living life as genetically Gifted people. Some, like Danielle, want to help them. Some, like Devya, want to control them. And many others just want to own them.

Twelve-year-old Jillian Blairington thinks she’s ordinary, but she’s a genetically engineered Dream Shaper. Kidnapped along with her babysitter, Danielle Matheson, Jillian meets both the scientists who created her and the Gifted siblings she never knew about. Danielle’s life is linked to her performance.

Nadia can speak to minds. Now, hers has gone silent. Despite returning home, Jillian Blairington keeps in touch with her genetically Gifted siblings. She speaks with Nadia every day until the Minder slips into a coma. The sudden silence is deafening. Determined to help, Jillian recruits Danielle Matheson to get to Nadia’s side. That involves walking back into the facility they barely escaped from. While Jillian fights to awaken her sister, Danielle scrambles to keep a friend from falling victim to human traffickers.

They could cure cancer, but at what cost? Danielle Matheson faces an impossible choice: watch a friend's mother die, or ask Jillian and her genetically altered siblings to risk their hard-won freedom to save her. Together, Malia, Michio, and Jillian possess the right Gifts to destroy the cancer cells one by one, but such work would be a miracle. And those are never quiet. Even the healing attempt makes them all targets. The government notices.

Scientists engineered Varick into the ultimate human weapon, a warrior without equal. Thus far, he has used his many skills to protect his siblings. He’s very loyal to family. That consideration now extends to Danielle Matheson, who has transformed from Jillian’s friend into his girlfriend.

Allies are dead. Survivors are hunted. The net’s closing in. For Jillian and her genetically altered siblings, staying free from government control has always been a battle. But the threats grow wider and more personal when Dustin betrays them. He arranges for Jillian, Danielle, and Malia to be brought to Las Vegas along with their respective mothers as hostages. He needs the combined abilities of Jillian, Malia, and Nadia to fully access his Gift. They discover Dustin holds the key to their collective fate.

Meet Jillian Blairington in some of the adventures and misadventures that predate the events of Ashlynn's Dreams.