{"product_id":"scales-of-the-thirteenth-star-g-valentine-9798185771303","title":"Scales of the Thirteenth Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe was born to uphold the law.\u003cbr\u003eHe was erased from the sky.\u003cbr\u003eTogether, they could rewrite the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a fallen star tears a wound in the heavens, Sky-Judge \u003cb\u003eCael Ardent\u003c\/b\u003e is told what House Scales has always believed: if the world is to survive, someone must bleed to seal the breach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the Church drags \u003cb\u003eRian Vayne\u003c\/b\u003e into his courtroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChained in iron and marked by forbidden magic, Rian is the last living heir of the \u003cb\u003eThirteenth constellation\u003c\/b\u003e-a starline erased from history, outlawed by doctrine, and feared by every House in the realm. The Chorus calls him a monster. Cael sees something far more dangerous: the missing piece of a broken sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForced into an uneasy alliance, Cael and Rian are drawn into a conspiracy of cursed sigils, holy lies, and a crater called \u003cb\u003eStarfall\u003c\/b\u003e, where the world itself is beginning to come apart. Villages are forgetting their own names. The heavens are cracking open. And the prophecy Cael was raised to obey may have been rewritten by the very men who claim to protect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs suspicion sharpens into desire, and desire into something fierce enough to survive the end of the world, Cael and Rian uncover the truth: the sky was never meant to be saved by one clean sacrifice. To heal what was broken, they must stand together-\u003cb\u003eScales and Serpent, judge and heretic, duty and hunger\u003c\/b\u003e-and restore the star that should never have been cut away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut if they fail, the wound in the sky will devour not only the stars...\u003cbr\u003ebut memory, history, and everyone they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScales of the Thirteenth Star\u003c\/b\u003e is an adult M\/M romantasy featuring enemies-to-lovers tension, forbidden magic, found family, political intrigue, and a heat-laced love story beneath a shattered heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G. Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185771303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"G. Valentine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002154655999,"sku":"9798185771303","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scales-of-the-thirteenth-star-g-valentine-9798185771303","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}