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

And we can’t scoop him up and put him in your pouch?


He sighed. It’s a matter of survival of the fittest.


Well, that’s bullshit. I wanted to hit him for being so cavalier about our son’s safety.


David, if he can’t do that on his own, it means there’s a problem, and even if we put him in my pouch, he’ll die.


Oh God.I ignored the trail of blood and slime our child left behind, concentrating fiercely on the torturous trip he was making, as if that might help him.


He made it safely to his daddy’s body, though, and began the upward crawl to his destination. Nervous sweat beaded at my temple, and I twisted my fingers together.


I felt a presence beside me and looked down to see Maggie watching with huge eyes. I drew it close, and it nestled against me carefully, as if it worried it might hurt me.


Chapter 129