The Scorpio Series Boxed Set is a collection of two novels, Scorpio Rising and The Sting of the Scorpio. These books share with us a journey from New York to Paris, through the glamorous yet competitive realms of art and real estate, from the late 1940s to the 1960s. The story finds Alex Ivanov, the son of a Russian immigrant and part-time prostitute who wants to escape her hellish life.