S.M. Freedman Releases Impact Winter, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Sequel to The Faithful

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - June 30, 2016 - PRLog -- Award-winning author S.M. Freedman announces the release of her apocalyptic science-fiction novel, Impact Winter (ISBN 978-0-9975427-0-7), the sequel to Freedman's debut mystery, The Faithful (ISBN 978-1503948044), which is published under Amazon's mystery/thriller imprint, Thomas & Mercer. An international Amazon bestseller, The Faithful was a Quarter Finalist in the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and was chosen by Suspense Magazine as one of the Best Books of 2015 in the Debut Author category.

Impact Winter continues the dramatic story established in The Faithful, where FBI agent Josh Metcalf locates Ryanne Jervis decades after she was abducted. When Josh finds her, he discovers that Ryanne is being haunted by repressed memories of kidnappings and mind control on an isolated mountain ranch. With the help of Josh and another abductee, Sumner Macey, Ryanne uncovers her past as a victim of I Fidele, whose soulless leaders kidnap psychic children and use them as weapons to reshape humanity. Josh, Sumner, and Ryanne learn the truth too late to stop I Fidele from implementing the first part of its plan: Global destruction and the incineration of millions of innocent lives.

Months after Josh and a small band of Ryanne's fellow victims escape from I Fidele, the impact winter has come, cloaking the earth in smoke, cold, and silence. Isolated on a compound in the mountains of Colorado with her fellow escapees, Ryanne is haunted by visions of the second phase of I Fidele's new world order: The round-up and brutal internment of the survivors. Seeking absolution for their part in the fall of humanity and determined to save those who remain, Ryanne's small group of former I Fidele members must discover a way to turn the I Fidele leaders' most prized weapon-their own children-against them.

An apocalyptic tale of extraordinary power, loyalty, and revenge, Impact Winter captures the mystery, suspense, and unusual characters that readers have come to expect in this compelling and futuristic mystery series.

"Impact Winter is a darker tale than The Faithful because the children taken by I Fidele have solved the mystery of their abduction and now have to try to save their fellow victims," said Freedman. "The novel is a more apocalyptic story - there are issues of survival as well as attempts by the older victims of the organization to right the wrongs in which they have unwittingly played a part. Their story is one of revenge, but also loyalty and love, as they work together to take down I Fidele's leaders before they destroy the rest of humanity."

S.M. Freedman is a top-ranked Amazon author in the mystery, thriller and suspense categories, and is a member of the WorldWiseWriters group. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Freedman spent many years as a private investigator and business owner. She lives in Vancouver with her husband, two children, and a giant orange cat.

For more information on S.M. Freedman or Impact Winter, please visit: www.smfreedman.com.

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