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

“When are you going to tell us what you found, Dr. Avila?”


“Later. You know how sound carries over the water.”


Sam circled his arm around Dinah’s waist and dropped a kiss onto her shoulder, but his eyes were watching mine. Was he trying to determine if I’d reveal his secret? Had my signal been too subtle?


I suddenly found myself wondering—when had he become engaged to her? I’d last seen him almost four months before. Had he been engaged to Dinah at that time, or was it afterward? If there was one thing I loathed and detested, it was one of my partners cheating, not on me but on their own partner. If Sam had made me the other man—


Dr. Avila turned toward me. “But I will say I have something to show you, David, and Dr. Lucas also. Dinah is already aware.”


“Dinah, you were upriver with Carlos?” Sam frowned, obviously not pleased.


Chapter 54