Demon Contract

Max Jaeger carved open Hell to save his daughter. He didn’t expect Hell to carve him back. Liz has been comatose since she was sixteen. Something ancient is waking up inside her, and every Demon Lord in existence wants to be the one holding the leash when it does. To bring her back, Max summoned a demon. He didn't sign a contract. He burned it and stole its power. Now he carries a raw, unchained Hellfire that evolves with every soul he frees and breaks every law the demonic hierarchy was built to enforce. The fire has a price. Every chain Max breaks pulls him further from the father Liz remembers. He's dragging a found family of broken people into a war none of them were built for, burning through a world of Demon Lords, secret agencies, and fallen gods to reach the one person he refuses to lose. In a world where power costs your humanity, saving her might mean becoming the thing she fears most. A broken father. A stolen fire. A daughter worth burning for. What to Expect Dark, atmospheric urban fantasy with slow-burn apocalyptic stakes. Gritty, character-driven action. Demonic contracts, mythic horror, and lore-driven power systems. Found family forged in trauma. No stats. No menus. Just fire, blood, and consequence. What You Won't Find Harem. LitRPG mechanics. Overpowered protagonist from chapter one. Anime high school tropes. 5 volumes written. 12 planned. The fire is already burning. Content warning: Violence, psychological abuse, torture, gore. For readers who want the structural horror of Berserk, the moral weight of Joe Abercrombie's First Law, the dark progression of Shadow Slave, and the slow apocalyptic atmosphere of The Last of Us