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The Fifth Sacred Thing

by Starhawk · 1993

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An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between two clashing worlds, one based on tolerance, the other on repression.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thisLGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of this
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spiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of thisfeminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thisLGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thisenvironmentenvironmentMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
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inspirationalinspirationalMore like thisLess of this
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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 698 pages

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