As a reader who is indifferent to sci-fi as a general rule, I was little prepared for the experience that awaited me in SEEDS OF HEAVEN. It’s difficult not to run off one superlative after another in attempting to discuss author Tito Abao’s offering in writing.

On the surface, the story is about a people struggling against evil—an enemy who is as ruthless and greedy as the people are honorable and trustworthy. It isn’t long before the adage “absolute power corrupts absolutely” becomes true in form as well as function, and civilization in Atlantis is destroyed by a tyrannical use of power. And though this story is powerful, it is only the beginning.

Read on yet a deeper level—and the reader doesn’t have to look hard to do so—the story is an allegory to current situations within the world, and on yet another level, the story here fills in some of the blanks left in the theoretical Akashic Records, upon which author Abao based his book. And even while the story details the past, present, and perhaps future of our world, it also presents spiritual openings and awareness—if the reader is willing/interested.

Based on forty years of research by Tito Abao, and ten years in development, SEEDS OF HEAVEN is a book that every reader should experience at least once in his/her lifetime-- ideally, many times in a lifetime because this story will speak to him/her in different ways at different points in life. The story is beautifully written, with rich detail and characters whose integrity is awe-inspiring.  Mr. Abao has done himself, and the genre, proud. I highly recommend this book to everyone.