The Wave Singer

Argyll Publishing, 2008

ISBN-13: 978-1906134273

A nameless young man is growing up in a stark, harsh world of deceptive options. Chosen as a Wave Singer, he finds himself caught between tradition and his fear that his future will be the same as his past. He has his Song, his singing. But, like the tales his mother writes, is he just an unwitting player in their game?

“Michaelson’s debut is an intriguing Bildungsroman set on the shores of a post-apocalyptic Scotland. Animated by Kropotkin’s anarchist thought, three distinct communities confront the past, present and future in various ways, both mythical, musical and semi-practical, none of which satisfies our nameless hero. While his parents hint darkly of The Project, a satellite left from a previous era circles above, waiting for someone to crack its communication code. An abrupt, cliff-hanging conclusion suggests a sequel.” Marc Lambert, Scotland on Sunday, 27th July, 2008.

“There is another side to irrevocable change. And it is worked out in innovative science fiction such as Naomi Mitchison’s Memoirs of a Spacewoman, Iain M. Banks’ Culture and Greg Michaelson’s The Wave Singer.“