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

“You smoke too much, David,” Father said as I lit the cigarette.


You do smoke too much. I’ve told you so before


I choked on the lungful of smoke I’d just swallowed.


“There, you see?” For a second I thought it was the actual voice chiding me, but then I realized it was Mother.


Aren’t youthe chatty one? I snapped. Oh God, I was talking back to it. I rubbed out the cigarette with more violence than was necessary and reached for a roll. “How is the company doing, Father?”


As I’d hoped, the rest of the evening was spent discussing Knight, Inc., although brief mention was made of the fact Uncle Lyn was off gallivanting around the globe again. Nothing more was said either about my relationship with Dr. Avila or about my smoking.


I appreciated not having to make the drive home that same night, and breakfast wasn’t too trying.


Chapter 46