Sylvia Engdahl

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1970
  • Latest Book:
    April 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Children of the Star

1 - This Star Shall Abide (1972)
2 - Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains (1973)
3 - The Doors of the Universe (Mar-1981)

Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • Enchantress from the Stars

    Elana, a member of an interstellar civilization on a mission to a medieval planet, becomes the key to a dangerous plan to turn back an invasion. How can she help the Andrecians, who still believe in magic and superstition, without revealing her own a...

  • The Far Side of Evil

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    THE FATE OF TORIS RESTS IN ELANA’S HANDS.... Elana, newly graduated from the Federation Anthropological Service Academy, is sent immediately into danger on the planet Toris -- a Youngling world poised on the brink of nuclear war. She is ordered to ...

  • This Star Shall Abide

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    Children of the Star - 1

    Noren knew that his world was not as it should be--it was wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, could use metal tools and Machines. It was wrong that only they had access to the mysterious City, which he had always ...

  • Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains

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    Children of the Star - 2

    Noren knew that his world was not as it should be--it was wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, could use metal tools and Machines. It was wrong that only they had access to the mysterious City, which even in boyhoo...

  • The Doors of the Universe

    Children of the Star - 3

    Children of the Star trilogy, Book Three. Noren had found faith in the Prophecy's fulfillment in the face of overwhelming odds. Yet the more he learned of the grim truth about his people's situation, the less possible it seemed that their world could...

  • Journey Between Worlds

    Eighteen-year-old Melinda Ashley never wanted to go to Mars. she had her life all planned out--marry ross and become a teacher. but when her estranged father convinces her to take an interplanetary vacation, she finds herself tempted to leave behind ...

  • Stewards of the Flame

    Are you wondering how far government control of health care might go in a future society? This controversial novel, winner of a bronze medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, is not just for science fiction fans.

    Crime is ...

  • Promise of the Flame

    Three hundred people, isolated on a raw new planet in the hope that their psi powers will become the foundation of a culture that can someday shape the future of humankind. If they don't starve first. If they don't lose heart in the face of hardships...

  • Anywhere, Anywhen: Stories of Tomorrow

    The Kindle edition of this book, unlike the hardcover edition, contains all of Sylvia Engdahl's short fiction, including "Timescape" (coathored with Mildred Butler) from the hardcover edition, "The Beckoning Trail" (coauthored with Rick Roberson) fro...



  • The Captain of Estel

    The books in this trilogy have been retitled to make plain that they are a separate and quite different story from Sylvia Engdahl's other novels with Flame in their titles, set centuries later, which can be read independently.Book One: PASSAGE TO DES...

  • Defender of the Flame

    Starship pilot Terry Radnor is elated to be among those chosen to defend the secret colony Maclairn against enemies who pose a threat to the spread of paranormal human mind powers. He commits himself wholly to the goal of that world, not guessing how...

  • Herald of the Flame

    Starship captain Terry Steward, born Terry Radnor, is committed to spreading acceptance of psi powers and other advanced mind capabilities throughout the worlds of humankind. A strange turn of fate has enabled him to overcome terrorists who would hav...

  • The Hidden Flame

    Book One: Stewards of the Flame
    When burned-out starship captain Jesse Sanders is seized by a dictatorial medical regime and detained on the colony planet Undine, he has no idea that he is about to be plunged into a bewildering new life that will ...

  • The Rising Flame

    Book One: Defender of the Flame
    Starship pilot Terry Radnor is elated to be among those chosen to defend the secret colony Maclairn against enemies who pose a threat to the spread of paranormal human mind powers. He commits himself wholly to the g...

  • Envoy of the Flame

    Ardith Moran is elated by the prospect of contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, elated enough to stake her life on her conviction that they exist after the exploratory expedition's leaders turn back. The last thing she expects is to fall in lo...

  • This Star Shall Abide aka Heritage of the Star

    (This book is known in the UK as Heritage of the Star)Noren can see that his world is not as it should be--it is wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, can use metal tools and Machines. It's wrong that only those few...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sylvia Engdahl has published 16 books.

Sylvia Engdahl does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, This Star Shall Abide aka Heritage of the Star, was published in April 2022.

The first book by Sylvia Engdahl, Enchantress from the Stars, was published in February 1970.

Yes. Sylvia Engdahl has 1 series.
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