- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Virgin Books; Reprint edition (5 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0753513587
- ISBN-13: 978-0753513583
- Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.5 x 19.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 118,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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CLASSIC GHOST STORY CHILLS IN THIS FAST-PACED OCCULT THRILLER
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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.
This is certainly not a place for outsiders, especially at night. So what chance do a rootless musician and burnt-out explorer have of surviving their entanglement with an ageless supernatural evil and the ruthless cult that worships it?
This chilling occult thriller is both an homage to the great age of British ghost stories and a pacy modern tale of diabolism and witchcraft.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful, terrifying, visceral read from first to last.,
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This review is from: Banquet for the Damned (Paperback)
Unexplained disappearances, a brooding presence, and a growing sense of disquiet drifts through the historical lanes of this ancient Scottish town.
There is something hidden, something powerful, something menacing moving through the cobbled streets and over the windswept beaches. An enduring malevolence is stirring, threatening the academic idyll. An ominous power desiring to be unleashed upon the population, desiring to feast. The rain drenched walls and lanes of this seat of learning seem shrouded in spreading shadow, creating a palpable sense of foreboding as the tension rises. The town itself, affected by the changing elements, is described so beautifully that it becomes a character in itself, lending a greater feel to the unfolding events befalling the novel's characters. In your mind's eye, you can place yourself on the Scores, the rain dripping from your forehead, the chill spreading through your bones, as a raggedy shadow flits on the edge of sight. But you wouldn't want to! This is a supernatural chiller in the tradition of the great M.R James, and set in the contemporary world of St Andrews. It is a beautifully rendered tale. This reviewer looks forward with expectation to the next words he reads from the extremely talented pen of this major new talent.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Chilling...,
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This review is from: Banquet for the Damned (Paperback)
Imagine having nightmares, then imagine waking up from one, to discover that there's something in your room with you.. and you're unable to move. Now imagine waking up in a strange location, such as a beach or cellar, and being chased by that same creature. These `night terrors' are starting to occur in the University town of St Andrews, and students are going missing.
Into this town come Dante and Tom, rock musicians who have hit bad times. Dante has been invited by his idol, Professor Coldwell, who wrote `Banquet For The Damned', a book that had a profound effect on Dante. The Professor, however, is not quite what he expected. Adam's Banquet For The Damned is a chilling supernatural tale of the occult. This is a horror story that doesn't rely on the sex and gore of some of the modern books, but rather presents a well told tale which reminded me of the more classic horror stories, from the likes of MR James and Edgar Allen Poe. Like all good tales, it facilitates the use of your imagination. The various characters are well developed, being flawed and believable. The town is described as a place for students, but with a dark history - a history that is once again coming alive. This is a tale that kept me hooked, wanting to know what was coming next, and what would happen to the various people involved. The ending, which often disappoints, was spot on, building to a climax, then ending on a satisfactory note. This is one to be re-read in the future, and I will be watching for more from this author.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Eerie Read,
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This review is from: Banquet for the Damned (Paperback)
Banquet for the Damned is a tense horror novel set in the Scottish university town of St Andrews.
It follows the story of a musician who thinks his wildest dream has come true when he is invited by his favourite author, an academic and occultist, to make a concept album based on his esoteric writings. Although responding enthusiastically to the invitation and bringing his dropout friend along for assistance, the subsequent encounter with their hero and his strange wife and secretary suggests a different motive for bringing the musicians to St Andrews, a town currently reeling from a spate of student disappearances and grisly murders. Nevill writes of St Andrews in a similar fashion to Christopher Fowler writing of London, using a subtle and descriptive talent in revealing the perpetual presence of its dark heart through its landscape and structures. It's not often a decent occult horror gets written these days - mad mystics summoning up entities they then struggle to control often feels like it's the stuff a past genre, perhaps of Wheatley or Saxon or Lovecraft. With the exception of (in my opinion unnecessary) references to covens of witches, Nevill largely stays away from cliche in a tale much more to do with demonology and occult studies becoming obsessive and possessive.
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