The Crater Codex

She crossed the threshold between Earth and Heaven. Now the boundary between worlds is beginning to break.

When Dr. Eliana Reece vanished on a remote Ethiopian plateau, she crossed into a realm no human being was ever meant to understand.

The Ninth Veil.

Neither Earth nor Heaven, it is a dimension where time fractures, memory takes on a life of its own, and an unseen intelligence seems to measure her every breath. Trapped within its impossible boundaries, Eliana discovers evidence that someone crossed before her, and that finding her way home may be only the beginning of a far more terrifying revelation.

Back on Earth, Dr. Alek Volkov refuses to abandon the woman he loves. But his desperate search draws him into the secrets of the Custodians, a clandestine organization that has spent generations monitoring phenomena the modern world refuses to believe exist.

Then the impossible begins happening everywhere.

Ancient crater sites awaken in a mysterious, synchronized rhythm. Scientific instruments record signals that defy explanation. Governments scramble to suppress evidence they cannot control. And above the ancient streets of Rome, the heavens themselves begin to open.

For the first time in thousands of years, humanity is confronted with the terrifying possibility that the stories preserved in forbidden scripture were never merely stories.

The two hundred Fallen Watchers are stirring. And they are no longer united.

Bound by an ancient oath that altered the course of human history, some believe their return will restore the order they once sought to impose. Others have begun to question everything they sacrificed-and everything humanity has suffered because of their choices.

As the boundary between worlds weakens, Eliana must unravel the mysteries of the Ninth Veil, Alek must confront secrets buried for centuries, and one of the Fallen must decide whether the truth is worth the consequences of revealing it.

Because the greatest threat to humanity may not be the beings who fell from Heaven.

It may be those who believe they have the right to decide humanity's future.

From the hidden mysteries of the Book of Enoch to the awakening of ancient craters, The Ninth Veil is a sweeping journey through biblical prophecy, forbidden knowledge, scientific conspiracy, love, sacrifice, and the ultimate question of human free will.

Some truths were buried to protect humanity. Others were buried to control it.

The Ninth Veil is Volume II of The Crater Mythos, Heather Wing's supernatural thriller saga, continuing the extraordinary mystery begun in The Crater Codex: What Fell From Heaven.