Titus Alone - Gormenghast, Bk 3 Author:Mervyn Peake Titus, lord of Castle Gormenghast, has abdicated his throne. Born and brought to the edge of manhood in the huge, rotting castle, Titus rebels against the age-old ritual of which he is both lord and prisoner and rushes headlong into the world. — From that moment forward, he is thrust into a stormy land of a dark imagination, where figures and lan... more »dscapes loom up with the force and vividness of a dream—or a nightmare.« less