Still the Stars

<p>Piper Anderson is a lot of things-fat queer anxious depressed-and the daughter of parents from two different planets. She's a two-world child with a power called enarya a soul magic that heals and protects. The only problem is that she never learned to use it because her parents disappeared while on a mission to her mother's home world when she was only twelve.</p><p><br></p><p>But then one day just as she is beginning to fear she might never see them again an ancient shadow-wielding demon named Valos shows up at her high school and tempts her with the promise that he alone can help her find them. Piper then begins a wild journey through the stars where she's trained by her godmothers and her other-worldly uncle on how to use her gift to save the family she thought she'd lost.</p><p><br></p><p>She'll have to traverse a bridge crossing the cosmos phase into people's minds and navigate a labyrinth of her worst fears all before Valos has a chance to destroy her family once and for all. In this first book of The Oreanam Trilogy Piper's adventures on Alteria have only just begun. </p><p><br></p><p>This is author and poet Elayna Mae Darcy's debut YA novel. To learn more about their poetry collections-<em>Unraveling Light</em> (2018) and <em>Darkness Undone</em> (2020)-visit their website at www.elaynamusings.com.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>ADVANCE PRAISE FOR <em>STILL THE STARS</em></strong></p><p>At turns euphoric and devastating <em>Still the Stars</em> is a stunning adventure full of glitter magic and light. Piper--bi fat anxious and determined--is a hero I would follow across every constellation. This book heals. -Jen St. Jude author of <em>If Tomorrow Doesn't Come</em></p>