Gormenghast is a fantasy series by British author Mervyn Peake, about the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, Gothic structure. Originally conceived as a single on-going novel, the series was ended by Peake's death and comprises three novels – "Titus Groan" (1946), "Gormenghast" (1950) and "Titus Alone" (1959) – and a novella, "Boy in Darkness" (1956), whose canonical status is debated. Peake was writing a fourth novel, "Titus Awakes", at the time of his death in 1968; the book was later completed by Peake's widow Maeve Gilmour in the early 1970s. After it was discovered by their family, it was published in 2009.