The Nine Layers of Heaven is the second book in the four-book series and is a continuation of a historical thriller steeped in truths, events, and locations that are intertwined within the story line. The Nine Layers combines timely moral dilemmas which finds the reader hoping for one outcome, only to be directed into another controversial situation. Every character exhibits the true to life experiences in which every situation is wrapped in truth, but always carries the complexity that is present in each of their lives Egypt & Libya: Join with the beautiful Dr. Asura as she searches for 'Libya's Lost Roman Legion' and the glory that comes with taking the gamble for grain, gold and God. This archeologist transverses the Sahara Desert in a quest for knowledge, while attempting to escape the unsubstantiated charges of her killing one man while falling in love with another.Vietnam/Loas: Struggle with Captain Kolby Redding during the crash of his F-4 Phantom, his capture, torture, and the sapient creature that later escapes infected with PTSD. His interaction with his protector, High Priest Pol Pots, the Shalam of the Nung Tribesman. The glimpses of Kolby's dark side as he rediscovers his inner being seeking an escape in the snow bound mountains of Utah and the deserts of Africa. Vietnam War: To the millions of men that made it home from the war - some of this will make you laugh and cry. But all will say "That was me!" Join with Corporal Wright and PFC Nash on patrol again -- you can almost smell the cordite and sweat as they find more than they bargained for.Judea Region: Herostrato, the Roman Centurion Primus Pilus is drawn into the most major of all events in AD 34 as he personally interacts with Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate during the Savior's last days in Jerusalem. March with this Legionnaire as he joins the Septimus Severus 1st African Legion as they advance to destroy a rebel army across the largest desert on the planet. Hispaina Region: Júlio Magnus, a Spaniard and an artist and metallurgist, owner of the finest metal works in all of Hispania Cordoba, will expose the art of crafting the finest swords in the Roman Empire. This story carries the reality of authentic atmosphere submerged in the fantasy of discovery, all crammed with events moving across the great gulf of centuries, touching all human emotions -- love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope, and despair. This is a novel offering a seesaw of tension, suspense, action, greed, dedication, and revenge. If you are hearing the faint sound of alarm bells ringing, get used to it. It is an awakening to the fact that there is much more to learn about each of our heroes and heroines.