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

“I thought it was clever.” Now he just sounded sulky.


“It’s like it hasn’t changed in a hundred million years,” I said.


“I can believe it,” Sam said. “This place is barbaric.”


“That wasn’t what I—” No, the last thing I wanted was to get into an argument with him. I inhaled deeply. I actually felt more at home here on this river than anywhere else I could remember, including the mansion where I’d been raised.


That was until Sam let his fingers drift from Dinah’s waist and stroke over my hip. I scowled at him, and he had the nerve to give me an innocent smile. I edged away.


“How did you get to see the Yangtze?” I asked Dinah in an effort to change the subject. After World War II had ended, civil war in China had broken out, and it hadn’t been smart for westerners to visit.


“Oh, this was before the war. My uncles wanted to visit the temple of Kuan Shih Yin. Have you heard of her?”


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