Seven Secrets comes to a close with the reborn god taking on the rampaging demon inside Amon. Seven Secrets #18 wraps up the overall story with an unexpected twist of Caspar teaching a god new tricks and returning things back to a status quo (even salvaging the traitors back from the dark side).
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The series pauses for its penultimate issue, exploring the past of Eva and Caspar on the eve of the resurrection of her son (who is no longer her son), before the next issue’s big climax between the two secret organizations over the secrets and the fate of the world. It turns out Caspar is indeed Eva’s son, and was born human although the Seventh Secret went into him while still in the hospital and has been waiting for the right time to emerge. No time like the present.
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The contents of not one but two cases will be revealed in Seven Secrets #15, although there’s a lot of explanation needed of what exactly the final reveal means. The Sixth Case’s opening reveals a baby demon with the power to destroy, but instead just looks a bit lost, leading to the death of another of the Order and a strategic retreat by Amon to the land of Faerie where he may have just stumbled on some unexpected allies. Releasing a demon on the world, and they still think themselves the good guys?
Coming at the end of the issues is the reveal that the Seventh Case is actually empty. The Seventh Secret has been walking around for several years now. And, if the world is to be saved, he’s going to need to live up to his destiny. We now know why Anton is scared of Caspar, but (given we know his death is coming) how exactly will this play out?
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Canto’s betrayals continue in Seven Secrets #14 as he secures more of the secrets for the cause, as Canto and Amon maim and murder more of their former friends to acquire the most dangerous of all the secrets.
Seven Secrets #14 is a quick-moving issue with more action between the two secret sects consumed with protecting or acquiring the seven secrets. It doesn’t delve into just what Caspar is, or where his unusual power comes from (did he acquire it while growing up in the other dimension, or was it something he was born with?), but we do see him gain more control over it heading into our cliffhanger. Realizing more of their dwindling number are in danger, our small group of heroes is once again too late to make a save but they do arrive just in time for another case to be opened, and perhaps see the precipitating even of Caspar’s death?
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Caspar, Eva, and the other manage to survive the destruction of the Seekers’ headquarters, although it does lead to Caspar making a startling discovery about himself and an eventual confrontation between mother and son over her actions and what Eva is keeping from him. And, as we’ve seen before, we get another reference to Caspar’s impending death.
All doesn’t go as well for other separated members of the Order as the inside man is revealed and another secret falls into the hands of Amon. I’ll admit to not being surprised by the reveal of the traitor, but how Amon convinces others to join him (through the use of the future-seeing secrets) is certainly of interest. Not only does it garner more support to the traitor’s side it raises the question of whether or not Caspar is indeed on the right side (although Amon’s hardon to kill him doesn’t exactly paint the Seeker as heroic).
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