Downtown Druid 2
No longer confined to the Pit, Dantes is out for blood.
Those who got him thrown down into Rendhold Underprison don’t know he’s coming, but they will. They’ve grown powerful in his absence, but he’s got new tricks of his own and he’s only just started to put down his roots.
Rats only take small bites at first, but if there are enough of them, there’s nothing they can’t tear apart and eat.
The only thing slowing him down are the mysterious people that share his abilities. Are they friends? Or foes?
He’ll just have to trust his instincts... Or at least Jacopo’s.
Book 2 in a progression fantasy series perfect for fans of Dishonored, The Blacktongue Thief, The Lies of Locke Lamora, and Baldur’s Gate!
About the Series: A slow-burn progression fantasy focused on an Anti-hero MC with a code rising through the criminal underworld of a city-state using newfound powers and quick wits. MC's powers will develop slowly, but he will use them in creative ways to get ahead, and in the meantime he'll do whatever it takes.
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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.
