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

“Will we be able to get through there?” I murmured, more to myself than because I expected anyone to have an answer. We seemed to be heading straight toward the bottleneck, which didn’t look wide enough for the Adelina’s width.


“Ease up on the throttle,” the captain shouted. He tossed his cigarette over the side, and in spite of his bulk, he reached the front of the boat before Dinah and I could take more than a couple of steps.


Instead of the sound of the engines decreasing as the Adelinashould have slowed, they grew louder, taking on a ragged, straining note as the boat moved faster


And da Rosa became almost rabid as he howled “Slow, damn you, Cristovao! I said slow!”


But the distance between the Adelina and the bottleneck rapidly narrowed, and I swallowed heavily, feeling sick. The likelihood of the boat getting her bottom torn out was becoming more and more a strong possibility.


Chapter 86