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Michael Young

Michael Young

About

I am a writer of science fiction and fantasy.  I have two published novels: The Canticle Kingdom and The Last Archangel.


I am a graduate of Brigham Young University with adegree in German Teaching and a minor in Music. I live in Utah withhis wife and two sons.

I enjoy writing fiction,acting in community theater, and spend­ing time with his family. Iplayed for several years with the handbell choir Bells on Temple Squareand is now a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. 

A Shadow in Yucatan

A Shadow in Yucatan

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<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Everything in The Last Archangel works on several different levels. <span> </span>I give it an A+ for pacing. <span> </span>When you get this book, you'll want to clear your schedule for the next couple of days. At the very least, leave a note for your loved ones explaining that you're fine, just lost in an excellent story.</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">-J. Lloyd Morgan</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'sans-serif';color:#2A2A2A;">The Last Archangel</span></em></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'sans-serif';color:#2A2A2A;"> delivers quite the entertaining read with enough action and interesting characters to keep me more than satisfied. Xandir rocks!</span></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'sans-serif';color:#2A2A2A;">-Frank Cole, Author of <em>Guardians of the Hidden Scepter</em> and the <em>Hashbrown Winters</em> series</span></span></p><p></p>