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

I’ve grown fond of it. If we did catch it, I’d feel as if I were eating that snake.


Daddy! You can’t eat Esme! The protest came from both our children.


That’s exactly what I’m saying, Ric assured them smugly


They turned reproachful eyes on me. Papa! You’re not going to cook Esme, are you?


“See what you started?” I muttered. No, Maggie. Esme is part of the family, and we’d never eat her.Now can we please drop the subject?


Ric’s impressive jaws parted in a grin, and he dove into the waterway that led out to the lagoon.


All right, my children. Into the water with you


They clapped their hands and jumped in after their daddy, and I dropped in after them. Like all children, they were inquisitive to a fault, had no sense of fear, and got into everything. Just then they latched onto my air tank and let me tow them along underwater.


Once we reached the lagoon, they released me and swam off to play in the remains of the dinghy.


Chapter 130