Connecting Routes

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.<BR>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.<BR>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. <BR>This is author and poet Elayna Mae Darcy's debut YA novel. To learn more about their poetry collections-Unraveling Light (2018) and Darkness Undone (2020)-visit their website at www.elaynamusings.com.<BR>ADVANCE PRAISE FOR STILL THE STARS"At turns euphoric and devastating, Still the Stars 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 If Tomorrow Doesn't Come