The Crow Child

PART1-CROW CHILD...Born with cystic fibrosis and growing up on a small farm with his grandfather thirteen days before Elijah Clearwater's 13th birthday a series of dreams hint of an ancient legend coming true through him. The first dream is of a chieftain leading an ancient clan in 15th Century Ireland. The second dream is of a chief leading a tribe of Blackfoot in 18th Century west central North America. Perhaps the dreams are an outlet for the stress of a school bully or perhaps they hint of an unusual destiny and the most unlikely superhero ever - perhaps... PART2-THANKSGIVING IN ST. LOUIS...Five months after Elijah's 14th birthday a late birthday card arrives in the mail from an aunt Mary he didn't know he had. She invites Elijah and his grandfather to join her for Thanksgiving, but a snowstorm in Denver, Colorado, delays and reroutes several flights setting in motion a second test in the evolution of Crow Child's additional developing abilities... PART3-THE SOUND OF RAIN...Turning 15 in hospital with the threat of surgery - a returning terrorist group begins another cycle of destruction across the shared Canadian and U.S. border. As the most effective line of defense the few agents in authority who know of Elijah are turned away by Elijah's protective grandfather. But home recovering, Elijah rallies to Crow Child's duty to face a sly and cunning foe, using his remarkable range of powers and an astonishing airborne support...