LOY: In the forests of the mind
Book One
(Book Two, Loy and Beyond, Available Now)
The world is destroyed.
Stripped of all modern technology, a small group of people survive and evolve.
For a thousand years they have lived in isolation, developing a special relationship with nature. Theirs is a “spiritual” life, ethereal, in some ways divine. But the outside world is intruding. The trees have begun to whisper of change…
On a distant shore, men whose technology is akin to the ancient Romans, have landed. Bent on conquest, they cut down trees, carve out roads, and begin to build a city.
And so the struggle between a shamanic-like culture and an industrial one begins.
Loy is the story of a shaman, who must leave his homeland to discover the truth, and in so doing becomes its instrument.
It is about a mother sacrificing her freedom and sanity to save her unborn child. It is about a child with excruciating sensitivities, whose pain eventually becomes a source of great strength.
It is about monsters and madness, paradise found and lost, and a journey into the nature of mind and spirit.
Readers’ Favorite
Gold Medal Winner 2024
2024 International Impact Award Winner
The Kindle Book Review
“The Best Sci-Fi Fantasy of 2023”
Reader Views 5-Star Review
Literary Titan Book Award
“Loy: In the Forests of the Mind” is an epic fantasy … and one of the most enjoyable and thought-provoking ones that I have read in quite some time.
— Reader Views (click to read more)
“A measured apocalyptic tale with a superb otherworldly cast.”
- Kirkus Reviews
“LOY is an incredibly original Epic Fantasy story that offers a fascinating and thought-provoking look into the future of humanity … [the] story is one that is not to be missed.”
—Literary Titan (click to read more)
“A riveting storyline both captivating and profound.”
- James T. Powers, author of Shadows Over Dawnland
“Sci-fi fans seeking higher-level thinking from their futuristic reading will find Loy: In the Forests of the Mind not just thought-provoking, but well suited to book club discussions.”
— Midwest Book Review
“I’ve never read a book like this. It affected me in ways I’m still trying to understand. It has everything in it and touched all of my emotions. It was truly a “dreaming life”.
– Erin Rizer
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