Pamela Sargent Books in Order

Five clones created from a scientist’s genetic material grow up facing public suspicion and relying on one another. After tragedy separates them, they pursue independent lives while searching for the hidden purpose behind their creation.

These ten science-fiction stories include an occupied Earth where humans live underground and twins who can experience one another’s pain. Sargent brings intimate human perspectives to speculative situations involving alien contact, unusual abilities, and wider forces beyond individual control.

A strange celestial object appears and society descends into violence and fear. When doctor Simon Negron is criminalized for helping a diabetic patient, he flees with a young woman through a world becoming increasingly hostile and irrational.

Isolated in the desert, Daiya faces a test that will determine whether she joins her village’s mental Net or lives among the feared Merged Ones. A troubling discovery about her people makes finding a safe future increasingly difficult.

Centuries after genetic advances make death obsolete, Josepha and biologist Merripen live with the consequences of creating supposedly perfect children. Their immortal descendants seek meaning through death cults and further experiments, questioning what endless existence has cost humanity.

Raised aboard a sentient starship, Zoheret and her companions prepare to settle an unfamiliar planet. A final test reveals divisions among the young colonists, forcing them to confront whether they can survive without the ship’s protection.

Struggling amid economic depression and personal despair, Sarah and Gerard encounter a mysterious newcomer in their rural town. He offers possibilities beyond their experience, but the young couple cannot tell whether his arrival promises rescue or something dangerous.

Raised on a comet governed by the intelligence Homesmind, Lydee learns that she is destined to connect her people with Earth. Disdain for humanity’s distant ancestors complicates a mission that may expose her to dangers she cannot yet understand.

Unable to communicate by thought without an implant, Anra belongs fully to neither Earth’s telepaths nor the comet’s inhabitants. When another comet uses the voices of the dead to lure people toward submission, the outcasts may be their best defense.

In a postnuclear society, women control technology within walled cities while men live outside in the wilderness. An exiled woman’s love for an outsider challenges the beliefs of both communities and threatens the system that keeps them apart.

Fourteen stories explore altered societies and unusual futures through clones, time travel, alien invasion and immortality. Subjects ranging from talking animals to a writers’ competition offer different perspectives on memory, power and what makes people human.

A girl grows up in a comfortable but isolated environment with a furry guardian as her companion. As she begins to understand the world around her, she confronts the possibility that she is Earth’s last surviving human.

Temujin rises from the harsh Mongolian plains to become Genghis Khan, forging an army that changes the world around him. The women closest to him provide a perspective on the personal relationships behind his conquests and growing power.

After the Civil War, two Native American warriors unite tribes into an army capable of reshaping the continent. Their campaign creates an alternate America, exploring a history in which Indigenous forces challenge the nation’s expansion and established power.

On a future Earth where painful memories can be erased, beings created from one woman’s mind struggle with their dependence on her. This collection explores the uncertain freedoms and dangers that remain when humanity attempts to eliminate suffering.

Thirteen stories imagine alternate histories, political adventures and strange futures, from Hillary Rodham in space to a Mongol conquest of the Americas. Other tales explore alien invasion, immortality and the complications of literary deals across multiple universes.

In the title story, an elderly woman who fears her misused magic must help an inexperienced shaman protect a Mongol leader and his people. This collection brings together fantasies that include the world of the young Temujin.

Stories drawn from across Sargent’s career range from ancient Mongolia to Venus and from distant history to near-future worlds. Mystical, realistic and satirical approaches explore human experience through the possibilities of science fiction and fantasy.

More than twenty years after human settlers reach Home, rival communities remain divided by old grievances. When fifteen-year-old Nuy spots strangers approaching, renewed hostility threatens the next generation’s ability to adapt and survive on their planet.

Centuries after humans settle Home, a light in the sky suggests their founding starship may have returned. Bian travels upriver to question the technologically privileged Dome Dwellers, whose silence threatens the balance between two divided communities.

Gena and Don’s playful imaginary cat kingdom darkens when money troubles strain their relationship. As figures from their invented world begin appearing as real stray cats, the couple discovers that their private fantasy has interests of its own.