Broken Pact, The

To fix a broken world, she must rewrite the rules. Dr. Eleanor Lane fixes broken things. As a wildlife rehabilitator, her world is one of logic and medicine. But when "The Sundering" tears a hole in reality, her quiet life is erased, replaced by a broken world governed by a new, terrifying set of rules. Wounded and alone, Eleanor forges a desperate pact with a dying spirit—an act that installs a game-like interface in her vision and binds her to the laws of this new reality. She is no longer a doctor. She is a Negotiator, a wielder of the Covenant Concordance, with the rare ability to forge contracts with the world's shattered souls—the Geist-Echos. But every pact has its fine print, and every broken promise leaves a scar. Hunted by the Axiom Grid—a cold, logical force that seeks to "debug" the chaos of life by deleting it—Eleanor must learn to master this system of weaponized law. As she uncovers the truth, she learns that the architect of this new world is not some alien force, but her own estranged brother, turning a war for survival into a battle for the soul of her family. Perfect for fans of Progression Fantasy, LitRPG with a unique twist, and epic Science Fantasy, The Broken Pact is the start of a saga where the battlefield is a contract, empathy is a diagnostic tool, and the only way to save the world from a fatal system error is to become a glitch yourself.