The Empowered
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Staying Invisible
I’m currently working on Empowered: Hero, the final novel in Mat’s story, and one thing that she is concerned about from the start is what happened to the sister she left behind, Ella’s twin, Ava. Ava, who was there for Ruth when no one else was. Well, I’ve written a flash fiction story set during the previous novel, Empowered: Rebel, when two visitors arrive at the apartment with unexpected help, and, moreover, an unanticipated insight about Ava. Staying Invisible (Copyright 2019) Dale Ivan Smith I wished so hard I was Empowered. If I were Empowered, I’d find a way to save my grandmother. Stupid, because chances are I wouldn’t have…
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Finishing the Empowered series
Last year when I published Empowered: Rebel, I’d posted here that the series was complete. Done. How wrong I was. I’d always known there was more to Mathilda’s story, and had considered writing another book after Rebel. Now I realize a fifth book is not only important to the series, it’s absolutely necessary. Rebel ended with so many things up in the air. The fate of Mat and her friends. What would happen to the world itself. I’d made a mistake moving on so quickly. Fortunately, Mat wouldn’t leave me alone. She kept coming up to me in my imagination, and insisting I tell the rest of her story. After…
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Empowered: Rebel chapter 1
Empowered: Rebel, the final novel is The Empowered series will be released shortly! Here’s the first chapter, as an extended teaser. Spoiler alert! If you haven’t read the previous novels, you might want to hold off on reading this. Otherwise, enjoy! It’s taken longer than I’d planned, but the end is finally at hand for Mat’s story. Empowered: Rebel By Dale Ivan Smith Copyright 2018 Chapter 1 The lichen covering the ruins of the ancient Greek temple outside the barrow shivered in my mind but made no sound. I crouched beside Alex beneath an ancient arched doorway. The moonlight-washed Greek columns off to our right stood like…