When Valia's friend Waya-the girl with the beautiful raven hair-is kidnapped by Professor Drakon, it sets off a chain of events that leads Valia closer and closer to the truth about her own past. Valia sets off on a quest to retrieve an all-powerful gem, the Orexis, in order to save her friend. But the journey takes a darker turn as Valia becomes more in tune with the person she was, and her eyes open to a terrifying realization about her true self... Get ready for a magical world of secrets, lies, danger, and unimaginable power in Orexis, a surprising new novel by an up-and-coming voice in fiction. About the Author: Eme Tischart has always enjoyed writing, and she won a best writer award when she was in the eighth grade. At 13, she wrote a short story that eventually became her debut novel, Orexis.