Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

The story follows an unnamed Englishman, implied to be Jonathan Harker, who embarks on a journey through Eastern Europe. Despite warnings from locals, he ventures out on Walpurgis Night and encounters a series of eerie and supernatural events, including a mysterious, abandoned village and a graveyard where he is nearly attacked by a female vampire. A sudden snowstorm and the intervention of a large wolf save him, and he is later rescued by a group of men sent by a mysterious benefactor. The tale is a chilling prelude to the ominous and supernatural forces that await in the main narrative. The 3358th greatest book of all time