a visionary sci-fi novel

Benjamin Michaels:

As a multi-billionaire, I should’ve been able to cure my cancer. But there was no cure on the planet — not yet.

I wanted to keep building my trillion-dollar empire, to keep living life on my terms.

Little did I know I was about to become a freedom fighter of the future — humanity’s last hope against a hidden threat, trying to destroy the peace and harmony they’d finally found.

And all of it began when I realized the only way to save my life…
was time travel.

RELEASE: MAY 2. 2025

Waking Up is a gripping sci-fi novel that reimagines a world beyond money, war and conflict, driven by collaboration and innovation. A future worth exploring.

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A teaser for the full short film further down…

Review excerpt:

The story of Ben’s ‘wake-up’ is intriguing, exciting, and inspiring. How can a civilization exist without money? You can feel your curiosity start to pulse immediately. This is a book I truly recommend!

Rolf-Henrik Sundbye, Goodreads

The book is available now as both ebook($4,99) and paperback($12):

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A thought-provoking vision of a world transformed, where innovation and cooperation replace scarcity and conflict. Step into a future reimagined.

A World Without Money
The world of Waking Up envisions a society where currency is obsolete, replaced by collaboration and shared abundance. This bold new reality challenges everything we know about economics, power, and human potential. 

A Journey of Awakening
Follow Benjamin Michaels as he wakes up in a radically transformed future. What begins as a mystery unravels into a profound exploration of what it means to be human in a world beyond scarcity.

Waking Up in Paradise –

An Award-Winning Short Film
Based on the novel Waking Up, this critically acclaimed short film gives a glimpse into the world envisioned in the book. With 63 awards and 114 official selections in festivals world-wide, it offers an intimate glimpse into a future shaped by innovation, human connection, and new possibilities through the eyes of Benjamin Michaels..

📽️ Watch it now on YouTube! Click image to play. Or click HERE

⭐ Early readers are already responding

Here’s what one reader said on Goodreads:

The novel is well written and easy on the eye . The unfolding drama keeps the reader’s attention. It is not just the surface story that draws one in but, also, the deeper philosophical points that the author makes. Perhaps above all – what does it mean to be a human being? A highly recommended book!

Robin Cox, Goodreads