![]() Beyond the other side of those fears may lay a path to your wildest dreams," the former King reflected. "The Brown encounter probably best encapsulates one of the central themes of my book, which is never let your fears stand in the way of. Although the bout left him with a shattered face, the experience forever changed Grimson's perspective. It was only after returning and fighting the indomitable Dave Brown did he realize he could hack it in the big leagues. Grimson's book begins with his account of how he initially walked away from the NHL at the beginning of his career because he was not yet sure he could be the warrior everyone expected him to be. Tweet from My book, "The Grim Reaper: The Life and Career of a Reluctant Warrior" is available everywhere! Get your copy today and let me know what you think: /VNLVWtt25f Although it is unquestionably a hockey book through and through, Grimson's story offers so much more to the reader. He quickly got to work and wrote The Grim Reaper: The Life and Career of a Reluctant Warrior with Kevin Allen. "She said a book is just a natural extension of who you are and what you've done, and your story is an interesting one," Grimson explained. Meticulously researched, written in a voice reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy, End of Days is the first book in a planned series that Hollywood might best describe as “the Stand meets Dante’s Inferno.” Adding to the story’s literary feel are nine original drawings commissioned by an artist who invokes the style of Dante illustrator Gustave Doré.Finally, after his friend, Brian Wood, tried to persuade him to write it for many years, Grimson eventually relented, but only after receiving a loving push from his wife, Jennifer. Far more than it seems, the story draws frightening parallels between the lack of morality that corrupted Europe preceding the Black Death and the present-day greed that has mired our own society in economic collapse, two endless wars - and a very real covert biological program, exposed by the author, which could lead to global pandemic and our own self-destruction. In GRIM REAPER: End of Days, best-selling author Steve Alten takes us on a classic hero’s journey of good versus evil, transformation and redemption. According to the Zohar, the event will follow the destruction of “strongholds belonging to the future Rome” on the 23rd day of Elul…a date equating to September 11th, 2001. The Zohar also warns of the End of Days, a supernal event brought on by the corruption of man that will be the modern-day equivalent of Noah’s Flood. Dante’s poem draws inspiration from the Zohar, an ancient text that reveals the spiritual heritage of all humankind. What few people know is that Dante Aligheri was a student of Kabbalah, a guarded wisdom that dates back 4,000 years to Abraham, the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Shortly after Dante’s passing, the Black Plague would strike Europe and Asia – a near “End of Days” event that killed off half the world’s population while giving birth to a new legend depicted in paintings and dance: The Grim Reaper. Dante composed his life’s work while Europe was suffering through war, famine, the corruption of the Church, and the evils of the pogrom – murderous acts that brutally massacred tens of thousands of Jews. ![]() Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin. Divided into three distinct parts (Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven), the poem describes Dante’s journey through Hell, depicted as nine circles of suffering. Dante’s Inferno, written by Dante Alighieri between 13, is widely considered one of the greatest and most revered works of world literature.
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