{"product_id":"when-stars-align-s-c-drake-9798184383422","title":"When Stars Align: Scorpio: The Zodiac Protocol: Book One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Las Vegas, the stars are not symbols.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey are offices. Weapons. Bloodlines. Laws.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScorpio is the Order's perfect assassin. Elegant. Precise. Lethal. A woman shaped by ritual, violence, and obedience until mercy became inefficient and identity became irrelevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe does not question her House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe does not hesitate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe does not miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the Order assigns her a new Seneschal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuropa is too large, too strange, too literal, and too dangerous to fit anywhere cleanly inside Scorpio's immaculate life. She eats like an animal, watches like a predator, and sees things in Scorpio no one else has ever been allowed to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, Europa is an inconvenience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she becomes evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause beneath the silk, blood, contracts, and ritual hierarchy of Las Vegas, Scorpio begins to uncover a truth the Order buried inside its own machinery: the Zodiac is not merely governed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is manufactured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeclared rogue and hunted by the killers she once called allies, Scorpio must survive occult hierarchy, sanctioned violence, buried protocols, and the impossible girl who may be the first person to recognize the woman beneath the office.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Zodiac Protocol, loyalty is a leash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Order made her useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecoming real will make her dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook One of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Stars Align\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a twelve-book dark occult urban fantasy thriller series where each book follows a different Zodiac and every story echoes forward.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who want John Wick intensity, Constantine occultism, morally gray found family, and emotional damage that carries on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead now in Kindle Unlimited.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. C. Drake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798184383422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"S. C. Drake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173913633023,"sku":"9798184383422","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fef6f272-06d5-4e9b-98ae-cacfb67d3259.jpg?v=1788957003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-stars-align-s-c-drake-9798184383422","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}