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Banquet for the Damned

Adam Nevill (2004)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingHard R
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.65
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Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageStrong

Trigger warnings

DeathSupernatural HorrorPsychological TraumaBody HorrorMissing PersonsNight TerrorsOccult Practices

Positive tags

MysteryAtmosphericAcademic Setting

Protagonist archetypes

Multiple POVsHaunted by the Past

Tropes

Haunted LocationAncient Evil ReturnsHidden KnowledgeAcademic HorrorSupernatural InvestigationDark AcademiaUnseen World

Themes

Knowledge and Its PriceSupernatural vs RationalityAcademic HubrisTerror of the UnknownCorruption of YouthSpiritual DarknessReality and Perception

Synopsis

Few believed Professor Coldwell was in touch with an unseen world, that he could commune with spirits. But in Scotland's oldest university town something has passed from darkness into light. And now the young are being haunted by night terrors. And those who are visited disappear.

Tags

HorrorSupernaturalGothicAcademic Setting