Dream Rovers is a fantasy series by author Christie Valentine Powell, published in 2021 and part of the The Spectra Universe. The story follows three points of view:
Indra lives in the dreamscape after the execution of her mother for dreamroving. After she meets the Bridgley family, she becomes tutor to their younger children. As persecution for dreamrovers increases, she must learn to face reality.
Walker was the son of prominent dreamrovers who abused their gifts to manipulate others. He escaped court after the backlash of his parents’ execution created persecution for anyone who could travel through dreams. He joins the Bridgley family as a bodyguard after learning that their world was destroyed from dreamrover prejudice.
Norma starts as a 15-year-old middle child of the Bridgley family. She loves animals and wants to own a farm. When her older sister begins associating with rover haters, she must choose between her dreams and her family.
Works in the Dream Rovers series :
- Price of Deliverance
- Trail of Decision
- Hearts of Defenders
Dream Rovers contains examples of:
- Be All My Sins Remembered: Walker holds himself responsible for the executions and persecutions of hundreds of people. All he did was tell his would-be betrothed about his parents Dream Spying.
- Coming of Age Story: Norma goes from a 15-year-old exile to a young farmer and griffin translator.
- Continuity Nod: In book 3, the characters glimpse a relief carving of characters from Miras Griffin.
- Dream Land: The dreamscape is where all dreams are connected. It’s an incorporeal plane filled with indigo mist.
- Dream Walker / Dream Weaver: The dreamrovers can enter the world of dreams, including seeing and manipulating other people’s dreams. Especially talented ones can enter the dream world physically, and emerge next to the sleeper in another part of the continent.
- Family of Choice: The Bridgley family contains both biological and adopted members, including some adopted as adults.
- Fantastic Racism: Dreamrovers require both training and innate ability, so they’re not quite a race, but they still get hit with this.
- Foster Kid: Indra lived with a foster family between the ages of 7 and 13, when she struck out alone. Her foster family was controling but not abusive.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: The Bridgley family has eight children, though not all survived childhood.
- Missing Mom: The Bridgley family’s mother (and the youngest child) passes away from pneumonia after the family was ousted from their homes in winter.
- Our Griffins Are Different: Griffins are sentient, though unable to communicate with humans except through translators. They are four limbed, with their wings folding down to become fore-limbs when they stand.
- Psychic Link: The siblings can all communicate mind-to-mind.
- Torches and Pitchforks: Fenton convinces a mob to come after the Bridgley family.
- Translator Buddy: Norma becomes this for the griffins.
