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  This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner.

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  Copyright © 2021 Lali A. Love

  The De-Coding of Jo

  Blade of Truth

  Ascending Angel Academy Series

  Award-Winning Publications

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  Testimonials

  “Wrapped in a young adult story, Blade of Truth is a guide for the evolution to one’s higher self. It is a story that transports the reader to higher consciousness, tapping into energy that lights the path towards goodness. It is an examination of the existence of good and evil, where humankind continually battles the forces that drag it down to lower realms.

  Delving into the heart and mind of the adolescent psyche, Ms. Love examines common struggles with sensitivity and compassion. The characters battle substance abuse/addiction, body image, and self-esteem. As each character is developed, Ms. Love reveals their individual paths and draws the reader into their lives, leading us to care deeply about them and root for them along their journey of self-discovery.

  Having taught high school for thirty years, I believe that Lali A. Love captures the essence of the adolescent experience—self-doubt, the need to connect with others amidst feelings of isolation, and the fear of rejection. All this depth is encased within an action-packed adventure where the heroine learns of the power she holds within. Ms. Love presents visions of a utopian world of beauty and peace, where love and acceptance are unconditional. She reaches beyond our cultural and historical norms embracing diversity with no division or hatred.

  There are so many profound messages in the Blade of Truth, but one strikes me the most—the importance of aligning with our inner truth, not letting outside forces, opinions, or energies get in the way of self-love, our journey, and life purpose. If we are true to ourselves, the world would be a better place.”

  —Dr. Mario Dell’Olio, Ethics Professor, Author of New Men

  “It’s a relief and a thrill to be back with Jo and the gang. In book two of the stellar Ascending Angel Academy series, the stakes are sky-high. The story sparkles with crystalline clarity as our main character, Jo, continues her celestial education.

  With A Wrinkle in Time and The Matrix vibes, Blade of Truth will feed your mind, body, and soul. There is a treasure trove of brilliance here, a wealth of information nestled inside a hugely entertaining tale; it’s truly a story to savor.

  A cosmic tapestry of science, spirituality, history, and myth weaves the next level of this epic saga. Lali A. Love expands the world and intensifies the battles, gripping the reader with intrigue and action from the very first page. We reunite with old friends and meet many new ones in Jo’s beautiful found family. The representation is superb; there is a reflection for every reality. The author champions a revolution in inclusion across the full spectrum of humanity. Her characters are not only diverse; they are accepted, and this acceptance paves the way to normalization.

  Lali A. Love threads together brilliant strands of math, music, art, and universal patterns in a genius and ingenious tale of harmonic oneness and existential unity. Jo undergoes a transformation, and you will, too, throughout this book’s riveting, restorative transcendence.

  Galaxies of wisdom await you. What a stunning, powerful message.”

  —Halo Scot, Author of the Rift Cycle Series

  “In book 2, Blade of Truth, Jo continues the ascension journey while recovering from a devastating loss. Jo is tasked with the quest of saving Roma, the Custodian of the Galaxy. The challenges Jo and Roma face along with her group of friends form the crux of this YA sci-fi/fantasy adventure. Although the book is a part of a series, it can also be read as a standalone.

  The author, Lali A. Love is a fantastic writer with influence and wisdom in her words. Through her powerful prose, she manages to show the reader the power of healing through love, acceptance, and self-realization. She created a captivating, mesmerizing world through this story that feels as real as our everyday life. The author has used a superlative technique of telling this story by combining the spiritual, fantastical, and scientific aspects of writing.

  I must also point out the exceptional job of diversity and inclusion in the book. The characters are vivid, talented, and from diverse backgrounds. It was heart-warming to see the author include characters from the LGBTQ+ community without stereotyping or side-lining them. As a YA book, this makes for an excellent read specifically for teenagers battling mental health and self-acceptance issues. If I must describe this book in one word, I will say it is Entrancing! If you love reading YA sci-fi/fantasy that leaves you with a powerful message, then this book is a MUST read for you!”

  —Rashmi P. Menon, Author, Editor,

  Owner of Confessions of a Writeaholic

  “In this brilliant second installment of the Ascending Angel Academy series, the journey to enlightenment hastens as the eternal struggle between good and evil intensifies. Readers of young adult fantasy will delight in the rich, multidimensional world-building that masterfully intertwines teen angst, struggle, and a higher calling.

  The Blade of Truth grabbed me from the first page and, as all good series do, left me wanting more. Our benevolent hero, Jo, skillfully balances her sometimes complex friendships while facing a dark multidimensional seize on the Earth. A tall order, but she is far from the quintessential teenager.

  This book is a page-turner, but what shines through is what Lali A. Love does best; inspire, include, and speak truths. You cannot read this book without being energized and optimistic for a better world. Make room on your shelves for this important series.”

  —S.P. O’Farrell, Author of the Simone LaFray Mysteries

  “As someone who devours books (fiction and nonfiction) centered on mystical forces, I loved Lali A. Love’s newest work. This novel comes after The Decoding of Jo, and it is a unique type of sci-fi/fantasy or magical realism. In this book, Jo is enlisted to battle entitles with nefarious intentions for Earth and its citizens. On one level, this book has science fiction overtones because of these bad entities. At the same time, mysticism plays an important role in Love’s universe, which could also be classified as magical realism.

  The Blade of Truth is about young adults and their search for identity and independence. I would also recommend the novel for people who want coming-of-age stories with a mystical focus. In sum, people who enjoy detailed fantasy, and magical realism about astral realm, lucid dreaming, and humanity’s role in the larger cosmic context, will likely enjoy Lali A. Love’s latest work.”

  —Anya Pavelle, Author, The Garden of Stone Houses

  “The absolute journey that I was taken on while reading the Blade of Truth had me in awe. Lali A. Love captures every realm of not only the characters and their daily lives, but the journey,
both mental and spiritual, that they are on. And she does it in a way that is just gorgeous flowing prose.

  This story picks up where the first book left us off and offers enough insight to be comfortably involved in getting right back into it. Jo and her friends are typical high school kids by day, dealing with the serious situations of family dynamics, friend dynamics, teenage alcoholism, drugs, etc. The other half of the story is the enlightened side that captures the truth of situations, of people, of their vulnerabilities and their emotions, and comforts the reader to know that both are working together.

  It was a journey that taught me about myself, about what I see in others, and gave me a lot of knowledge of trust in ourselves and our bodies. Again, this was a joy to read, and I can’t wait to get my hands on what Ms. Love brings forth next!”

  —Ash Knight, Author, The Gravity of Shooting Stars

  Dedication

  This book is dedicated to all the brave Star Seeds and Light Warriors that are currently holding space for Mother Earth with love-consciousness. You are powerful, magnetic, free-willed, multi-dimensional beings, whose purpose is to expand into the truth of love and rise to your full potentiality with self-mastery.

  “The shadow is merely the illusive absence of light, a catalyst seeking to be acknowledged by your remarkable radiance.”

  —Lali A. Love

  Mastery

  Life is for the living, to embrace the struggle,

  Without avoiding or bypassing our emotional rubble.

  The pain is an energetic tide that allows us to feel,

  Exposing an awareness unseen that needs to heal.

  By acknowledging the shifting seasons of our heart,

  We drink the potion of recovery that will never depart.

  This emotional capacity affects our changing flow,

  Riding the surge of conditioning, diminishing the glow.

  Our higher self guides the path to this understanding,

  Aligning our minds, bodies, and Spirit without branding.

  We keep fighting our battles with blades that endure,

  We cry a million tears, but our eyes remain pure.

  We have been abandoned, rejected, betrayed, and broken,

  But we rise, integrating our warrior scars as a token.

  A calamity is an experience where we were wronged,

  But it is not our entire identity to be prolonged.

  The Light has divulged, unearthing our shadows,

  Revealing the darkness that feasts on our wallows.

  Behold our inner radiance that consumes the night,

  Reflecting our innocence and integrity with delight.

  We take back our power, combating conformity,

  Making choices that don’t insult our Soul’s uniformity.

  Upgrading, releasing, and clearing our density,

  With majestic galactic light code intensity.

  We honor our strength and truth with gratitude,

  Connecting our unified hearts with greater latitude.

  Bridging our spheres by respecting Mother Earth,

  Entering a new paradise with humanity’s rebirth.

  We assist our collective journey with gentle peace,

  Focusing our heartfelt intentions, breath, and actions with ease.

  Evolving our natural balance with harmony and self-love,

  We remember our mastery graced by the Creator above.

  Lali A. Love

  Contents

  Prologue

  Chapter 1 The Rise

  Chapter 2 Rainbow Bridge

  Chapter 3 Lifting the Veil

  Chapter 4 Arcturus Stars

  Chapter 5 Spring Break

  Chapter 6 Crystals of Atlantis

  Chapter 7 Shipwrecked

  Chapter 8 Roma’s Shadows

  Chapter 9 Tunnel of Anguish

  Chapter 10 The Stargate

  Chapter 11 Cosmic Reboot

  Chapter 12 The Great Escape

  Chapter 13 Golden Reflections

  Afterword

  Spinning Colored Wheel

  Glossary

  Works Cited

  Acknowledgements

  About the Author

  Books by the Author

  Prologue

  Run! The voices in her head thundered as panic took over her entire being. She could barely feel her legs. The weight of the metal fringe bore its cold, jagged claws into her shoulders. Without her sword, Roma was doomed.

  The putrid stench of the Draco Lizzies assaulted her senses. She squeezed her eyes shut as forceful arms dragged her battered body along the lush island shrubs. Her powers were weakened by their dark crystals.

  These ancient extraterrestrial entities represented the Dark Forces and had finally found her on the Earth plane, proving she could never outrun them. The vicious onslaught by the cold-blooded Lizzies on her beloved planet, Avalon, still haunted her Soul from a parallel timeline.

  Welcome to your galactic initiation. Roma had waited lifetimes for this epic battle. As she pondered her past existence on Lemuria, Roma was determined to attract a much favorable outcome in this timeline, to change Goddess Gaia’s fate. She would not allow the vile Lizzies to continue their assault on Mother Earth.

  The Galactic Council had summoned Roma to help humanity evolve through the density of the fourth-dimensional astral plane, launching the mighty StarSeed Quest.

  The Sacred Light had activated millions of enlightened beings known as StarSeeds on Earth, dispensing them with their secret missions. These humans awoke at specific times around the world to remember their higher vibrational Galactic roots.

  Each of them lit up with their encoded missions that originated from parallel Universes, star systems, and other planes of existence. Their rise in this timeline was to eradicate the unseen, sinister entity that plagued Mother Earth, and loomed in the shadows, feasting on humanity’s negative thoughts, emotional anguish, and rancorous behavior.

  Roma knew that the Lizzies were desperate to maintain their dominance over humans—especially after the demise of the Lord of Darkness. Their determination to enslave Gaia and drain her supreme plasma life source was a priority that exceeded all other nefarious agendas.

  The Lizzies were unyielding in their plan to further their galactic reach, and so were their relentless attacks. Without any intrusions, they infiltrated planet Earth’s fourth-dimensional astral plane.

  This realm contained the density of trauma-based reality—an illusory veil of existence with a lower vibrational rate of recurrences. Their fortitude to succeed with their treacherous conspiracy within this timeline triumphed over every other Galactic agenda.

  Humanity continued to dwell in the menacing shadows, emitting negative thought forms by involuntarily abdicating their sovereignty. They relinquished their power to the artificial malevolent systems of perceived external realities. This evil existed in the dark aspects of duality that resided within the specters of the physical realms.

  As Roma surrendered to her captives, she recalled the story of how these beasts originated within her galaxy.

  Approximately five hundred and seventy million years ago, several massive spaceships appeared in the Lyran star system timeline. From the Constellation of Draco, the Alpha Draconis disembarked, causing the Lyrans to be suspicious of the alien beings. The two opposing races that once considered themselves alone in the galaxy were faced with an accidental confrontation.

  The Draconis was the first known race in the galaxy that possessed interstellar space travel abilities for four billion years. Once they realized that they had access to the natural resources of the Lyrans, they birthed the desire to conquer and control every similar planet in their path.

  As such, with the endorsement of the Dark Forces Program, the Draconis slaughtered millions of Lyrans from Roma’s galaxy, destroying innocent civilizations.

  The lower-tier Draconis Lizzies, the Ciakar, soon discovered multiple solar systems hosting a variety of phenomenal planets—all of them l
ush with resources. As a self-serving race operating on a separative principle and fear-based consciousness, they began to view humans as fodder.

  The Draconis took control of the space route, and in doing so, they established their dominance on the Galactic transport of resources to Lyra. War ensued—and the Ciakar relished the taste of human flesh.

  To further their domination agenda, the Lizzies stripped the nation of all hope and prospect of redemption by enslaving their youth, the divine feminine and masculine Lyrans.

  The prisoners were used as sex slaves to breed future generations of the Ciakar broods using various methods of gene manipulations and cloning. This was the advent of the Galactic entanglements and struggles which began the conflict between Light and Dark Forces—humans and Lizzies.

  The aftermath of the Lyran-Draconis Galactic War served to be the largest catastrophic event that had occurred in this galaxy—possibly even the entire Universe.

  Using the vigorous galactic loopholes, these malicious entities time-traveled to the present-moment reality on Earth in the calendar year twenty nineteen.

  Feasting on the trauma-based reincarnation cycles, and karmic looping of perpetual conflict, the Lizzies controlled the collective thought patterns of the fourth-dimensional astral plane with psychic manipulation.

  Roma understood the Lizzies were behind the fear-based belief systems, blood rituals, human trafficking, intergalactic slave trade, and childhood-wounding programming matrices. The chemical compound adrenochrome, released during mass human suffering, provided these entities with enhanced psychic capabilities upon consumption. Since they were missing this organic life force energy, the invaluable external source was crucial for their endurance.

  As such, the Lizzies were determined to prevent Gaia and humanity to shift and cross over the ethereal bridge, into the fifth-dimensional love-consciousness existence of Sacred Light, where their powers would become futile.

  Roma vowed to never allow the same horrific history of her beloved home to repeat itself, not in this timeline. She was summoned by the Lemurian High Council to drive out the dark shadows and protect sacred Goddess Gaia from extinction.