Egypt turned Ace's world upside down, and then Osiris had to go and... well, yah know <spoiler> trap Ace in a sarcophagus so he could think about what he'd done </spoiler>. Understandably, Ace is kinda pissed at pretty much everyone. Shukra betrayed him. Isis used him. Osiris is a dick. Cujo won't leave. And now, guess who's back, determined to get to the bottom of the missing Goddess Bastet.

It's a bad day to be Ace Dante.

So it's a good thing Ace is more than darkness, right?

More than darkness...

Reeling from the revelations discovered in Egypt, Ace Dante is on a knife-edge, but the gods aren’t going to wait for him to come to terms with the truth.

Ancient and deadly beasts straight out of the underworld are targeting Nick “Cujo” Jones and his daughter. There doesn’t seem to be a connection to Ace, until a mysterious and familiar box turns up. A box marked with the snake-headed jackal. And it’s open.

This time, the gods crossed a line. Ace is done with their puppet-mastery. He’s fighting back.

But as hidden secrets come to light and Ace’s friendships crumble around him, will he have the strength to fight for what’s right, or will he allow the darkness inside to consume him?

After all, what is one man’s hope against the will of evil incarnate?

The wildly successful Soul Eater series ups the stakes in the penultimate book, Serpent's Game