In this first volume, the Gormenghast Castle and the noble family who inhabits it are introduced, along with the infant firstborn son of the lord and countess. Titus Groan is sent away to be raised by a wet nurse, with only a gold rin...

Titus turns against Gormenghast's ritual and sets forth on an uncertain quest for himself. His pilgrimage leads to encounters with mysteriously omnipotent, ruthless police and a battle to the death with Veil, a gaunt ogre with a body ...