Dreams

by Dan Churach

DREAMS is a tale that explores societal attitudes toward our young people and our elders, towards how a cross-generational cast of characters interact in ways not often considered. The thriller begins with a tremendous explosion destroying the Pinetree Retirement Village in 2025 Washington, DC. While DC police Sergeant Nick Corcoran and Officer Jo Satterfield track down two suspects, suspicion quickly grows that responsibility for the terrorist act rests with an unseen power much larger and more distant than anyone anticipated. GNN journalist Samantha Holloway dives headfirst into the story only to find connections to other suspicious deaths of older people in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. With the list of now-suspected homicides growing, Sam enlists the help of sophisticated artificial intelligence software, finding a common link connecting the growing number of murders. Working independently of the police departments, the FBI, the UK National Crime Agency, ASIO and Interpol, Holloway goes on a global mission to investigate the evolving conspiracy. Is there any limit to the risk faced by older people reporting serial dreams? Western Australia doctor Leah Ferguson and her friend, psychologist Akiko Nakamura, face the same dilemma, though from a much more personal point of view. Leah's 77-year-old grandpa is Laurie Ferguson, a retired academic who never shies away from sharing his thoughts with his granddaughter. During a weekend barbeque at Leah's Fremantle home, he innocently shares his recent dreams never thinking they might present an imminent threat to his wellbeing. Laurie resists Leah and Akiko's warnings until the terrifying reality of the unseen threat becomes too great to ignore. The story told in DREAMS will relate with every mother, father, son or daughter who has ever worried about a family member. Through it all, DREAMS offers a 'who-done-it' drama that follows across four continents and builds suspense that will keep the reader on edge until the final page.

350 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2019

Reviews

[Vicki Ellul]

Really enjoyed reading this book very well researched. The plot is very interesting you want to kept reading. I would highly recommend this book. Dan makes the story easy to read and very interesting.

[Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing novel by an incredible author.
I love when you are surprised at an ending and cant guess what was going to happen!

[Roger C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Imaginative story set in Washington USA and Fremantle Western Australia. Cleverly follows an obscure link between a terrible bombing of an aged care facility in Washington to the lucid dreams of a retired professor in Fremantle. Lucid dreams is the common thread among older people across the world who have died prematurely in mysterious circumstances. A serial and lucid dream takes Laurie Ferguson into the future beyond the Great Disruption which decimated the world’s population from 8 billion to 2 billion.

Churach carries the story along simultaneous paths. Laurie’s granddaughter Leah and her friend Akiko concern for Laurie try to find meaning in his dream. Washington DC police sergeant Nick Corcoran and officer Jo Satterfield investigate the aged facility bombing. GNN journalist Samantha Holloway follows a trail of aged people’s unaccounted deaths in several nations. The single common thread is the mention of serial lucid dreams. Holloway’s investigation leads her to Fremantle Western Australia and to Laurie.

Laurie’s dream is explained by an intriguing look in to the future with the reader left to ponder what the world might be like next century.