After a devastating nuclear war, American society has turned against modern science; rebuilding cities and technological expertise is banned and religious groups that opposed technology before the war now shape public life.

An intimate retelling of the Cupid-and-Psyche myth presented as a long first-person accusation by Psyche’s elder sister, Orual. The narrator addresses her perceived wrongs and the gods while reconstructing family rivalries, love, and spiritual puzzlement within a primitive, Hellenistic-adjacent kingdom.

A historical retelling of the early life of Theseus that frames mythic episodes as the development of a young man into political and social adulthood. The narrative traces his movement across Greek communities and into Crete, depicting ritual contests, sea travel, and clashes between differing social systems.

Set after a catastrophic nuclear war, the novel follows members of a Catholic monastery who preserve fragments of scientific knowledge while centuries pass and human societies slowly re-form.

A first-person account of Juan "Johnny" Rico's progression through the Mobile Infantry, set against an interstellar war between humans and an alien species.

Set after catastrophic solar heating has melted the ice caps and turned temperate cities into tropical lagoons, the novel follows a scientist stationed in a submerged London who becomes increasingly drawn to the altered environment.

A multi-generational saga centered on a single family and the town they founded, tracking births, deaths, loves, and obsessions across decades.

A Wizard of Earthsea follows Ged, a gifted youth from the island of Gont, whose early talent leads him to a school of wizardry. After a duel goes wrong and releases a dangerous shadow, he must leave home and undertake a solitary quest to confront and undo the harm he caused.

A single unicorn, convinced she is the last of her kind, leaves the safety of the forest to discover what happened to other unicorns.