Downtown Druid
An action-packed new progression fantasy from CB Titus, the bestselling author of Armor and Deadman Walking.
Locked away. Left to die. He'll master his powers to survive, then thrive.
Betrayed by his former gang and thrown into the Rendhold Underprison, Dante has spent the last five years scraping by. A bastard of human, orcish, and elvish blood, he's lived on the periphery of the periphery, lying, cheating, and stealing to survive.
After a run of bad luck, he's made a powerful enemy who seeks his head.
But that's where his rise to power begins. Thanks to an unexpected alliance with a fanged friend, the druidic powers locked within him come to life. He has all the tools he needs to turn things around, he just need to master them.
Because you can never underestimate a Street Rat...
Don't miss this progression fantasy series perfect for fans of Dishonored, The Blacktongue Thief, The Lies of Locke Lamora, and Baldur’s Gate!
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C.B. Titus
C.B. Titus writes at the crossroads of fantasy, LitRPG, and speculative fiction, drawn to stories where progress has a cost and power is rarely clean or comfortable. Their books tend to ask what happens after the rules of a world are revealed, once characters realize that leveling up, gaining magic, or surviving a broken landscape does not make life simpler, it only raises the stakes.
Titus’s writing journey grew out of a long affection for genre fiction, especially stories that mix systems and structure with deeply human problems. Rather than leaning on spectacle alone, their novels focus on perspective. A cursed suit of armor learning what it means to exist, a druid navigating an urban underworld, or a survivor pushing through an irradiated wasteland, these are not traditional heroic viewpoints, and that is very much the point. The tension between growth and consequence runs quietly through their work.
Downtown Druid
Downtown Druid unfolds in a city where magic has not reclaimed ancient forests or hidden temples, it has adapted to concrete, alleys, and crime-scored streets. The series follows a reluctant druid whose connection to nature manifests in the least natural place imaginable, an urban sprawl that rewards cunning more than purity. Power here does not arrive with reverence, it comes with complications, debts, and attention from people who would rather control magic than respect it.
Downtown Druid consists of three books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
