The Fifth Sacred Thing

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The Fifth Sacred Thing

Cover of trade paperback edition
Author	Starhawk
Cover artist	Keith Batcheller
Language	English
Genre	Post-apocalyptic
Publisher	Bantam
Publication date	1993
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover, trade paperback and mass market paperback)
Pages	486
ISBN	0-553-37380-3
OCLC	30569542
Preceded by	Walking to Mercury
Followed by	City of Refuge

The Fifth Sacred Thing is a 1993 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Starhawk. The title refers to the classical elements of fire, earth, air, and water, plus the fifth element, spirit, accessible when one has balanced the other four.