Four Gates

Nicholas Herron, an American soldier falsely accused of desertion, accepts a job offer from a wealthy, though enigmatic elderly woman and finds himself in another world helping to prevent a catastrophic war. Although uncertain whether this other world is a dream or another dimension entirely, he begins to suspect his actions there will reflect back in the world from which he came. In the course of his adventures, he finds love and confronts death, including his own. Gradually, he begins to discover the unimaginable truth of his own being.

Wanted on a false charge of desertion by the American army, with no memory of the other world, Nick Herron has found a new and agreeable life as captain of The Raymond Lull, a dive boat operating out of the small Caribbean port of Kingstown. A cryptic letter sends Nick and two of his crew, Krish and Jennifer, to the offshore islet of Dantes Key where they discover an ancient yacht filled with gold. Back in Kingstown a quiet evening of celebration turns violent with the arrival of a party of drunken soldiers. Nick regains consciousness to find himself floating half dead in the water beside his burning boat. He is rescued by Gus, his first mate, who smuggles him across the border to Belize. He is nursed back to health by an aged Mayan curandera and a beautiful but possibly mentally unstable American girl. His journey is just beginning.