DANGEROUS DREAMS

A Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke

They sailed to the New World to establish England’s first permanent settlement. Today, they’re known as the Lost Colony of Roanoke—America’s most vexing and enduring mystery.

On July 23, 1587, 117 colonists landed on Roanoke Island, in present day North Carolina. Barely a month later, amid rapidly-deteriorating circumstances, Governor John White sailed back to England for additional supplies and colonists. War with Spain delayed his return to Roanoke until 1590, when he discovered the colony had vanished.

A young, 21st-century woman named Allie O’Shay unexpectedly dreams an ongoing series of mysterious, lifelike dreams of New World settlers. She eventually deduces she’s witnessing the gripping saga of the Lost Colony of Roanoke through the heart, mind, and tribulations of a young colonist named Emily Colman.

Emily and the colonists begin their struggle for survival against mounting adversity—internal dissent erupts, two suitors seek Emily’s favor, the powerful Powhatan chiefdom plans the colony’s demise, and four warriors from a tribe to the distant north arrive to trade with tribes near the colony. The subplots converge amidst the excruciating drama of the colony’s waning fortunes—Emily faces life-threatening perils that force her to make an agonizing choice that will shape and define her remaining life, while Allie O’Shay discovers far more to her connection with Emily and the Lost Colony than she could ever have imagined.