Titus Alone (The Gromenghast Trilogy)

Titus Groan has fled the rambling, ruined and ruinous castle of Gormenghast, desperate for a view of the world beyond. But he wasn't prepared for this. Satellites, death-rays, sinister policemen and underworld outcasts live in a nightmarish contemporary city that feels like something by Wells, Burroughs or Philip K. Dick. Threatened and lost, he begins to miss the home he left; but surely he won't be tempted back?

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) wrote plays, painted, as well as being poet, illustrator, short-story writer, and designer of theatrical costumes, as well as a novelist. Among his many books are the Gormenghast novels, Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone.

Rupert Degas can be heard reading numerous audiobooks, including the Saga of Darren Shan series by Darren Shan. He has also lent his voice to numerous cartoons, including "Mr Bean", "Robotboy", "Bob the Builder", and has performed in more than thirty radio productions, including "The Gemini Apes", "The Glittering Prizes", and "The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy".