THE DECISIVE ENGAGEMENT BEGINS...Blood in the Ground is the third book of the Ascension Trilogy. In this suspense filled adventure, Peyton Costello has delivered Opossum to the authorities to serve justice for the murders of Peytonʼs parents. However, Opossum intends to have the last word. While he awaits the final day for his sentence to be carriedout, the vile creature plots his vengeance against Peyton. The stakes are high: supremacy over the spiritual world set upon the battlefield of humanity.