The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
It is San Francisco, 2048. Priestess Maya Greenwood lives in a tight-knit community run on ecological principles, without poverty, hunger, or hatred, where a rich culture honours its diverse mix of races, religions and sexual orientations, and the Four Sacred Things that sustain life -- earth, air, fire and water -- are valued above all. The Fifth is Spirit. In this, Starhawk's first novel, Maya Greenwood suddenly finds her idyllic world threatened by invasion from the militaristic state to the north: a nightmare place where a totalitarian regime polices a corrupt apartheid state. How can her community, which doesn't believe in violence, defend themselves? California is poised to become a battleground between two clashing cultures, and the outcome rests on the wisdom and courage of the community, and particularly in the strength and vision of the extraordinary Priestess Maya. In the tradition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Starhawk's visionary novel creates a complex fictional reality about love and war, freedom and slavery, and the future of the living planet.
'Slated to be one of the great visionary utopian novels of the century' Marion Zimmer Bradley 'This is wisdom wrapped in drama.' Tom Hayden, California state senator
Starhawk is a noted Wiccan priestess, peace activist, lecturer, and author. She has written many leading works of non-fiction which include The Spiral Dance, Dreaming in the Dark and Truth or Dare, this is her first novel. She travels throughout the world giving lectures and workshops. Her UK talks and lectures are always sold out.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780722538890 |
| ISBN 10 | 0722538898 |
| Title | The Fifth Sacred Thing |
| Author | Starhawk |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 488 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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