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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