Raven's Peak

Haatim Malhotra inherits the Sight from his grandmother—a supernatural sensitivity that makes him visible to demons. When the demon Abaddon marks him as a replacement vessel, his ordinary life ends. Abigail Dressler, a scarred Hunter trained by the Council of Chaldea, rescues him, but their mission takes a darker turn when Abigail's mentor Arthur is captured by forces the Council fears. The trail leads to Raven's Peak, a ghost town in the Rocky Mountains where an ancient presence stirs in abandoned mine shafts. The demon lord Belphegor, who corrupts minds without possessing bodies, has transformed the remaining townsfolk into homicidal puppets. The Council plans to destroy the town with napalm. With only two hours before the airstrike, Haatim must confront an enemy that weaponizes sanity itself. He discovers that his prayers now carry divine power as college students succumb to madness and bodies accumulate in cabin shrines. Raven's Peak is the first book in the World on Fire series, combining supernatural horror with theological thriller elements.