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

He needed some help. I looked at his handkerchief and decided there was no way in hell I was going to take it from him. Dinah must have felt the same way, because she handed me her own hanky. “Thanks.” I dunked it in a bucket of water on the deck, wrung it out, and brushed Cristovao’s hand away. “Hold still, will you?”


I didn’t bother trying to explain, just pressed the scrap of linen to the gash on his forehead. It took a few minutes before he stopped bleeding, but once he had, I wiped the blood from his face.


“Obrigado.” He wouldn’t meet my gaze, and I assumed he was embarrassed to have been yelled at and knocked down by his captain in front of the paying clients.


Chapter 88