Fleetingly and yet ever presently, the Phantom stands larger than life between the Crow and the Master Within, his savior. Before he can reach the Master, he must first rid his inner-realm of the Phantom; before he can conquer the Phantom, a lifetime of fear, negativity, and false illusions wrapped in danger and adventure must be undone; before these changes can take place, the truth of self-knowledge must first set the crow free. Bring it On The Corvidian Trilogy deals with the evolution of the individual from self-negation to exalted levels of consciousness where love of self provides the balance between love of neighbor and love of God. I-Battleground presents the predicament that the crow was born into, as well as, his travels throughout his inner universe. He learns that there is a master in his heart and that a phantom also resides within himself that claims the whole terrain as his own. This phantom stands between his consciousness and the Master and causes him to embrace self-destructive behavior. The Crow makes it his mission to meet and be guided by the Master. "The novel forces consideration of our slightest assumptions. It permits the analysis of behaviors and challenges our persistence of attitudes diseased with cynicism. Through the remaining Crow society, we visualized how their beliefs wreak havoc, weakening all connected with it. This degenerative state is only challenged by the spirituality which characterizes Crow's inversion. It is precisely this aura which guides our hero and the reader into the acceptance of that which is good for all. This work is a must-read for anyone sold on the concept of personal growth as the beginning to community development." Dr. Dolly Mullen, Political Science The University of North Carolina at Asheville (2004)