"In the beginning, Pedro's nightmares were not dreams; they were his life." In the fourteen stories that make up Journeys, the reader accompanies Pedro through his sorrowful childhood, aches and delights in Dane's sensual infatuation with the young Cecilia, and discovers that Reverend Rex Randall was not always a settled man. Why is a young man like Derrick working in a small town church office? What was it like for Rowan and Mateo when their idyllic childhood was shaken? Witness how Victoria held Olivia in her time of need. And, take a glimpse into the future for the Pine Junction friends. The Sanchez family and their friends of Pine Junction live through tumultuous times in the spring of 2005, as told in Junctions. But each of the characters has more story to tell. In Journeys, the curtain lifts for one character, and then another, to step on center stage.