Death wants to parlay. One dies... so must the other-two for the price of one.And no one defeats Death, that soul-stealing phantasmagoria. Not ever.Until now.In a country ravaged by the atrocities of war, a young boy witnesses the brutal murders of his family. Years later, with the stain of murder like a cancer in his mind, he creates a fighting ring where good and bad alike become unwilling participants in his twisted game.When their paths cross, military officer Zachary knows only one thing for sure. He does not want to fight anyone to the death in the bizarre Ring of Horrors where he is being held captive. Much less be responsible for the torture meted out to helpless women because he refuses. He would rather die than compromise his basic human decency. But the razor wire-wrapped monstrosity is not even the worst of it. His kidnappers have a psychotic desire to turn him into a killer, at any cost. Their methods are unthinkable; their manipulative games despicable. And the harder he resists, the deeper he's pushed towards an abyss he'll never escape with his sanity intact.What none of them know is that Death has an unusual stake in their twisted game. Its bony hand tosses an ancient silver coin into the human realm in a devious effort to thwart Fate. The watcher navigates the thin layers of this world to offer a wager to its most worthy adversary: the only person Zachary would do anything to protect. Even embrace the side of himself that will sentence him to Hell forever.THE SOUL EATER: RING OF HORRORS is the first book in THE SOUL EATER series from debut author JOY LUPO BELL. It is a psychological horror, crime-adjacent thriller with adult themes. It follows the kidnapping and torture of Zachary Bellechere, a military officer at home on leave. When asked to do a favor for his best friend, his good deed turns into a nightmare of biblical proportions. What follows is the ultimate struggle between a moral man and a human monster. Forced to fight to the death in the Ring of Horrors by a serial murderer and his psychopathic sidekick, Zachary has to look deep inside himself to answer a simple question. What would you do to save the life of someone you love when dying is not enough, and killing is not enough?
