Here we find Titus out in the world after he fled Gormenghast and all its rituals and duties following the deaths of his loved ones and his enemies. He is determined to live and experience all that life has to offer and in doing so he manages to get himself into various bits of trouble, as well as discovering that few have heard of Gormenghast and many disbelieve his stories of the place and the people. As he tries to convince others of its existence he finds himself drawn back to it and his duties but is swayed by the temptations of the wider world. This is less detailed than the earlier books in the series, despite the new worlds, technologies and characters that appear which is strange at first but fine once you get used to it (although I did actually miss it a little bit after how much I enjoyed the second book). Still not a bad read but far overshadowed by the second in the series.