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 extended his talons and ran the back of them along my thigh, but I wasn’t intimidated. I knew he would never use them on me. I reached for a strip of the roasted meat and brought it to his lips, then took the other end in my own mouth. I nibbled its length until our lips met.


You expect me to continue when you do this?


He growled but went on. These scientists began experimenting not only on Brachi but on the various races they came across


Just a second. Are you telling me they experimented on Terrans?


I’m not a scientist, so I don’t know the way of it, but somehow they added a gene to a portion of the planet’s population—both male and female. The gene remains dormant, passed on from one generation to the next. If two carriers meet and produce an offspring, that gene is doubly reinforced.


Chapter 125