Book of Dreams by Davis Bunn

My review of Book of Dreams by Davis Bunn.

Dr. Elena Burroughs, a psychologist, is still grieving the death of her husband after five years. The insolated world she has built up for herself shatters when a new patient, Sandra, recounts a frightening series of recurrent nightmares.  Using an ancient book filled with prayers that invoke the powers of the Holy Spirit, Elena reviews the dreams.  Her interpretations confirm Sandra’s fears—her husband, the Ambassador to the Court of St. James, will confront a powerful, global network of dangerous and deadly forces.  In the coming days, Elena experiences a succession of insights and warnings that portend danger for Sandra, her husband, Elena and those who have joined them. At stake is a looming disastrous implosion of the global economy.

Comments:  With his obvious research into global finances, Davis Bunn brings his expertise to create another page turner that keeps you involved right up to the end. The interpretation of the dreams was intriguing, as was the unusual book of the Lord’s Prayer, written in Aramaic.  As he weaves the various characters into the story we are there with them as they race to avert an economic disaster.  My only negative comment would be chapter one.  Teddy Wainwright is not the main character and it was a little confusing to read that chapter and not hear any more of him for thirty-one chapters.  I would have liked the book to begin with Elena, since she is the primary character, and place the present first chapter farther into the book.  Even so, it was a great read. Another quality book by a master storyteller, Davis Bunn.

About Davis Bunn

Davis Bunn did his undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, where he earned honors degrees in both economics and psychology. He then travelled to London, where he continued this dual approach, earning a Master of Science degree in both industrial psychology and international economics. After teaching at a Swiss university for a year, he entered into a business career that took him to more than 40 countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Davis came to faith at age 28, and began writing two weeks later. Before that point, he had never written anything longer than a business report. He wrote for nine years and completed seven novels before the first was accepted for publication. That book was The Presence, released by Bethany House in 1991. Davis and his wife, Isabella, make their home in Florida for some of each year, and spend the rest near Oxford, England, where they each teach and write. Visit Davis at www.davisbunn.com