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

“You’ve been bringing up something promising every day.” Dinah studied me intently.


I grinned at her and gave a slight bow. “I hope it’s what I think it might be.”


“Ah?” Carlos looked up from a final cup of coffee. “The little jade figure you found the other day was exquisite. A pity it’s the wrong period.”


I didn’t want to tell him my big green lover had actually found it at some point while he and what was left of his crew had been trying to survive in the Amazon jungle. He’d given it to me so no one would suspect I’d been whiling away the time with him instead of scouring the nooks and crannies of the lagoon bottom. I should get more done with him away seeing to whatever it was that took him from the lagoon.


“I’m coming with you,” Dinah announced. “I haven’t spotted a single one of those sharks since we got here, and I want to see if anything in particular drove them away or if it might be our presence.” She turned to Leo. “Are you joining us?”


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