Banquet For The Damned by Adam Nevill

In this chilling tale, a struggling musician named Dante Shaw travels to the ancient university town of St. Andrews in Scotland, lured by the promise of inspiration and the enigmatic allure of an academic named Professor Eliot Coldwell. As Dante delves deeper into the town's dark history and the professor's mysterious past, he becomes entangled in a series of terrifying events linked to an ancient and malevolent force. The story weaves together elements of horror and the supernatural, exploring themes of obsession, the occult, and the blurred lines between reality and nightmare, as Dante confronts the sinister forces threatening to consume him and those around him.