Honestly, I found it it to be a great exploration into what I find to be the 'real villains of Mage'. I expands into Nephandic lore, adding good additions of types of Nephandi to plauge the modern era, my favorite example being the Heralds of the Basilisk. While some complaints on the use of an inverted Kabbalah are valid, I see it as another in universe example of Nephandi 'corrupting that which is good', at least that's my opinion. The fact the it presents the Nephandi as the worst humans can offer and adding the Ascension War really makes one think it they are the true antagonists of the WoD metaplot as a whole.