One month after the funeral, Quinton Thompson received his final gift from his father. A tattoo. A strange tapestry that appeared on his skin, pulling him into a twisted adventure.But this ink may be the key to his freedom that started before he even knew he'd need an escape clause. A deed his father signed on his behalf before he was born- but for what? When Quinton wakes in the night to a strange yowling from his father's old study, he finds himself caught in the throes of a devilish deal. An encounter with the dead. A creature from the pits of hell. An unbreakable contract with a windfall and a ticket out of his small town. Or servitude to a hellbeast but there are worse things, right? Can Quinton get everything he wants and still honor his father? Sometimes there really are things worse than death.