David Knight has been plagued by dreams his entire life, only to have all memory of them vanish when he awakens. Now the dreams are coming with more frequency, and they seem to be drawing him to the Amazon. A scientist with a PhD in ichthyology and a dedication to learning all he can about lungfish, whose existence dates back to the Devonian era, David is determined to see what the Amazon holds. His hopes seem about to be answered when Dr. Carlos Avila contacts him. It seems the Brazilian archeologist discovered the remains of a previously undiscovered species on a tributary of the Amazon, and he’d like nothing better than for David to join the expedition to see if more of the creature can be found. Of course David leaps at the opportunity and flies to Pesadelo Bay to join the mismatched team. Once there, he discovers not only does Dr. Avila have his own agenda, but a former conquest as well as a friend who’d saved his life years before are part of the team and are engaged to be married. Meanwhile, the need to sail up the Amazon to find what ... or who ... is calling him there has become more and more pressing, and David must decide which is the most important -- learning what Dr. Avila really is searching for, or finding the answer to his dreams?

Lagoon of Dreams

I stalled out the car. Jesus. “Shut the fuck up,” I snarled. I got it back in first and eventually pulled into a parking space in front of Uncle Monte’s Candy Store and got out. “I’ll smoke if I want to. I’m a grown man.”


The woman who was just leaving the store with two children in tow stared at me wide-eyed and then gave me a wide berth as she scurried to her car.


“There, you see? You made me scare her.”


The voice didn’t respond to that, and I hoped I’d shut it up.


I’d celebrated too soon. As I was about to pull the door open, You are my precious fingerlingwhispered fondly through my brain.


I nearly stumbled over my feet. “Goddammit! I thought you were gone!” I was so angry, I somehow managed to slam a door in my mind. And then the voice wasgone.


Well, if I’d known that was all it would take…


Chapter 39