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The Dark Side of Grace by Ronald Chapman a book I received a copy of in exchange for this review.
The Dark Side of Grace is Ron Chapman’s second novel with protagonist, Kevin Pitcairn, who was first introduced in Chapman’s controversial book, A Killer’s Grace. Pitcairn, a freelance journalist and survivor of abuse and alcoholism and understanding that borders on preternatural during the most terrible situations.
You will learn through the novel violence only leads to more violence. The author, through the characters, provides guidance and inspiration for a way to forgiveness and understanding. You will see the Author moves in this direction with ideas from Martin Luther King Jr. The descriptions of the main character, Pitcairn, and his many treks through remarkable landscapes, his bond with his dogs, and his provocative interactions with his partner, Emmy, provide a balance of peace and stability.
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A devastating terrorist bomb blast at a spiritual retreat outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, sends journalist Kevin Pitcairn and his beloved Emmy on a quixotic quest to understand the roots of violence. Traveling across the country deep into the bowels of Southern Appalachia, their search takes them through a long-standing rift in the American consciousness to confrontations with remarkable and anomalous characters, some of them deeply spiritual, others well-grounded in research and psychology.
In this sequel to the much-acclaimed A Killer’s Grace, Pitcairn and Emmy return to the exploration of innocence while adding to it a deepening understanding of injury and ordeal―and its amazing corollary of Post-Traumatic Growth. As the quest and its dangers rip their lives apart, doors open that lure them back and forth across the country in search of tendrils tying together the events and anguish, as well as bringing the protagonists more deeply together.
About the Author: Ronald Chapman
Ronald Chapman is owner of an international speaking and consulting company, Magnetic North LLC. In addition to international accreditation as a speaker and national awards for radio commentary, he is the author of three novels, The Dark Side of Grace (Terra Nova Publishing, 2023, a sequel to A Killer’s Grace), a Killer’s Grace (Terra Nova Publishing, 2016 and 2012, and My Name is Wonder (Terra Nova Publishing, 2016), three works of non-fiction, Progressive Recovery through the Twelve Steps (Seeing True Press, 2019), Seeing True: Ninety Contemplations in Ninety Days (Ozark Mountain Publishing, 2008) and What a Wonderful World: Seeing Through New Eyes (Page Free Publishing, 2004) and the producer of three audio sets, Seeing True: The Way of Spirit (Ozark Mountain Publishing, 2016, 2005), Breathing, Releasing and Breaking Through: Practices for Seeing True (Ozark Mountain Publishing, 2015), and Seeing True – The Way of Success in Leadership (Magnetic North Audio, 2005). Ron provides a wide array of social media content at www.SeeingTrue.com/blog, content for people in substance abuse recovery at www.ProgressiveRecovery.org, and other content from his master site, www.RonaldChapman.com. He holds a Masters in Social Welfare from The University at Albany (New York.) Prior to his relocation to Atlanta, Georgia in 2008, he was a long-time resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico where much of his philosophies and practices came to life.
Learn more at RonaldChapman.com, or access free transformational content at SeeingTrue.com, or free recovery content at ProgressiveRecovery.org.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
Thanks for putting this forth, Glenda! Very much appreciated. And love that you observed Pitcairn’s nature is “preternatural.” Well seen and well said. Ron
Thank you,