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

“If Dr. Avalon is part of your party, you don’t need me as an ichthyologist.” I spoke in an effort to defuse the situation. Not that I believed it would work. “However, I have some idea as to why I’m here. After I returned home,” I told Dinah, “I went back to college to get my master’s in herpetology and eventually my doctorate.”


“Hush!” Dr. Avila ordered. Why did he want me to say nothing about my second degree?


“Why?” Dinah asked at the same time. She appeared as puzzled as the faculty had been by my choice.


I shrugged and chose to answer Dinah. “It seemed like a good idea at the time. I haven’t had much opportunity to use it, but you can never have too much knowledge.”


“Ah. I understand. That’s exactly what I did. I have another doctorate, this one in paleobiology.”


“You should be.” She slanted me a grin.


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