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

That find had made his reputation. It didn’t increase his wealth, however, since the Brazilian government took possession of his findings, housing them in the National Museum of Brazil in Rio.


I took the book down from the shelf and made myself comfortable on the overstuffed easy chair that had been my first purchase—after a bed—after I’d moved out of my father’s house. I took a sip of my Scotch, then set the glass down on an end table, placed my cigarette in the ashtray beside it, and opened the book to the preface.


The year 1922 was fascinating. Of course people were born and people died. Of course they found true love and married, or fell out of love and went their separate ways. However, in Egypt, Howard Carter and George Herbert, Lord Carnarvon, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, the boy king. And I? I was about to start on the adventure of a lifetime


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