Reviews

“I was truly surprised by this book. It was not the simple sci-fi tale I had expected. It colored my dreams and reminded me of things I once knew but had forgotten.”

— Mitchell Basel

“The book was fantastic and one of the most original I have ever read. Deeply moving, and important.”

— Paula Joudry

“I haven’t read a book I enjoyed as much in years.  It moved me on so many levels.  After finishing the first book I was left with a hunger that could only be fulfilled by reading the second. I think there is a masterpiece here.”

— Benjamin Rudder

“Set in the future, Loy is an epic that manages to capture so much of what is going on right now, evoking our conundrums, our yearnings. The story has depth and excitement that engages one on so many levels. It stayed with me long after I finished reading it.”

— Michael Malloy

“A deeply satisfying epic fantasy adventure that appeals to all our parts: our inner child’s adventurous spirit, a teenager’s journey to learn at the feet of a master while discovering their own unique gifts, a brotherly bond that transcends time and place, a parent’s painful enmeshment with a mysterious child who seems capable of both saving and destroying all he encounters, older leaders contemplating their own mortality while trying to pass along their teachings to a younger generation that is both starving for knowledge and resentful of their elders. All of this is written in a clear, page-turning prose, sprinkled with humor and layered with deep psychological undertones. Author Todd David Gross also touches on contemporary themes of climate change, our vital interdependence with the natural world, colonialism, and the exploitation of native peoples. In the words of Walt Whitman, this book “contains multitudes”. You’ll be hungry to discover what adventures lie ahead in books 2 and 3.” 

— Dr. Beth Freed

“I lost weight reading this book because I do most of my reading on the treadmill and I didn’t want to get off.” 

 — Sarna Cohen-Ross

“Loy by Todd David Gross is a true epic that transports the reader into a future world full of the profoundly mystical and strangely familiar. It is a place of captivating beauty and terrifying danger that challenges our assumptions about the nature of humanity and our relationship to the world around us. I loved it.”

— James T. Powers, author of Shadows Over Dawnland, and Ancient Wisdom, Modern Hope

“I think there is genius in this book.” 

— Denise Peterson

“I get excited just talking about this book. Whenever I think of this book I feel a sense of enlightenment. It’s on another realm.”

— Erica Neives  

“I haven’t read anything I’ve enjoyed as much in years.”

— Jim Longo

“Once I got into it I couldn’t wait to get back on the subway, my reading time, each day.  I loved this book!  It‘s just so different, you have to experience it.”

— Dina Adler

“I read in bed before I go to sleep. With this book I found myself going to bed earlier and earlier each night.”

— Vincent Marmorato 

“These books have changed the way I look at things.  Seeing how the characters solve their problems is helping me to look at and solve my own.”

— Jason Rockwood

“I don’t know why, but I had some trouble getting into this book.  Maybe it was because I was reading two other books at the same time and couldn’t keep track of the characters. But once I got into it, it took me away and I couldn’t put it down.  I really want the next book.”  

— Carol Eisenbud

“I nearly missed my train stop several times reading this book.  In the end I was becoming like a drug addict.”

— Alicia Garcia