I received Dangerous Dreams by Mike Rhynard from NetGalley in December, 2016.
I have spent my summer vacations with my children on the beaches and inlets of Outter Banks in Dare County enjoying the sun and sand.
The more I read this fictionalized account of the Lost Colony the deeper I fell into the author’s spell. You could feel the colony grow, the homes, crops and the palisades. I enjoyed this book, the mystery, the intense drama, and the dream science that ties the book together pushing the reader to end, then want more dreams of the white tail fawn.

I received Dangerous Dreams by Mike Rhynard from NetGalley. I have always been interested in the myths & urban legends surrounding the infamous Roanoke colony.
This book exceeded my expectations, I was transcended back in time to the very heart of this lost colony. The author does a great job taking the readers along on a journey with characters whom you genuinely start investing feelings for. From the moment the characters stepped off the boat, his descriptions of the colony & were vivid & precise. The research that was done for this time period is right on "track" with the storyline. I appreciate that the author took the time to get facts not only for the colonists but the Native American tribes & their culture as well. The descriptions were rich & delightfully detailed. I could feel the sense of uncertainty in this "new land" and the danger surrounding them was like a thick fog hovering over.

This book is pretty hefty read, it's a book you can read over a period of time. Not a book to devour in one sitting. It took me about a week to finish the book. It was the kind of book that I thought about long after I closed it & couldn't wait to get back to. I was eager to get back to the colony & find out what would happen next.

I recommend this book to readers that are in for the adventure. It is a long read but you will be pleasantly surprised you made it through. I am certainly glad I did!

Macy Rodriguez

Fascinating read. Interesting concept of dreaming about past true events. The Lost Colony of Roanoke is something that is almost mythical now in all the wonderings of what really happened. It was neat to read an imagined tale of some of the true people who were there. I really connected with the character of Emily (the woman in Roanoke). Allie and her mother (the 21st century woman who was dreaming of Emily) were a bit harder to connect with. There are a couple graphic scenes including sexual assaults. I cannot imagine being a woman coming to this country in the earlier days of when we were still stealing it piece by piece from the Native Americans. I read the revised version that removed approximately 200 pages of detailed dream science and theory from the parallel, contemporary plot of the original story. I am interesting in seeing it on Mike Rhynard's website. I think all of it in the book would have been a bit cumbersome but the introduction to the idea of it was fascinating. I would have purchased this book and would recommend to others!

Dangerous Dreams: A Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke

by Mike Rhynard

CreateSpace



Historical Fiction, General Fiction (Adult)

Pub Date 09 Aug 2016

I am voluntarily reviewing a copy of Dangerous Dreams through the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for my honest reviews which is as follows:

They traveled to the New World to Establish England's first permanent Colony when a ship came back three years later they had all disappeared.

In the 21st century a young woman Dreams a series of lifelike events, dreams of the Missing settlers. The 117 just vanishing with no clues as to what happened.

I give Dangerous Dreams five out of five stars.

Happy Reading.