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

“We’ll never need to.” Pablo sneered at him, something he always did, just because Aemiliano was smaller than him. “Dr. Avila will never find out what I have done.” His sneer turned to a hardened glare. “I warn you, amigo. If you ever speak of this to anyone, I will cut your throat and pull your tongue out through the opening.”


Aemiliano shivered. Although Dr. Avila had placed him in charge, he deferred as always to his larger, stronger-willed friend. He was very uneasy, however. Since they had discovered that…monster…Pablo had been acting more and more unlike himself.


“It was just bad luck that Dr. Avila found me with the paw and took it with him.” Pablo scowled. “That foolish old man actually believed me when I gave that cock and bull excuse of hacking it off because I believed it was a demon.”


“If it wasn’t a demon, then what was it?”


“Who knows? Who cares? The important thing is it will bring me much money.”


Chapter 65