

Califia in the North, protects the Elements, the four sacred things –air, fire, water, and earth - and values diversity, community, sharing power and responsibility. Set in California 2049, the scene is set of a land of great contrasts.

Although there is been a gap of over 20 years since Fifth Sacred Thing was published It expertly flows to take up the story as if it were written to further the tale of a much more recent novel. It’s actually the 3rd novel of the story that begins in the 1960’s in Walking To Mercury. “How can we be build a new world when people are so deeply damaged by the old?”Ĭity of Refuge is Starhawk’s powerful and profound sequel to the Fifth Sacred Thing.
