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For centuries, the Estrella family has protected New York City with gifts passed down from the stars. Every member is blessed by one of the twelve Zodiac Signs and bonded to a powerful Spirit Animal-lions of sunlight, wolves of moonlight, dream whales, shadow scorpions, and more. Together, they form the Twelve Houses, guardians of an ancient celestial magic hidden beneath the city.
Every child receives their blessing on their thirteenth birthday.
Every child except Zion Estrella.
Born without a sign, without powers, and without a spirit animal, Zion grows up feeling like the only missing star in his extraordinary family. But when mysterious serpent-shaped constellations begin appearing across the skies of New York and strange silver markings emerge on his skin, Zion discovers a secret his family has buried for generations.
Long ago, there were not twelve Zodiac Houses.
There were thirteen.
The thirteenth was Ophiuchus-the Serpent Bearer-a powerful sign erased from history after a devastating celestial war. Its spirit animals vanished. Its constellation was forbidden. Its name became a myth.
Now the Lost Sign is awakening.
As ancient chambers hidden beneath New York open for the first time in centuries, Zion is pulled into a world of forgotten magic, rival zodiac bloodlines, living constellations, and spirit beasts older than civilization itself. Caught between a family determined to keep the past buried and a mysterious force calling him toward his destiny, Zion must uncover the truth about Ophiuchus before the city is consumed by a darkness born from the stars.
But some legends are forgotten for a reason.
And the greatest danger may not be the return of the Lost Sign...
It may be what happens when the world remembers it.