The Deptford Mice Trilogy by Robin Jarvis

More powerful than ever, he smothers the world in an eternal winter and gathers together a seemingly invincible army of ice spear-wielding ghost rats. In the final book of the trilogy, Jupiter returns in spectral form, vowing revenge on the mice who destroyed his mortal body. Audrey unwittingly becomes the main suspect, but little does anyone know, the dark events are stemming from an evil spirit who is manipulating Akkikuyu. But as soon as she and Audrey arrive in the country, fieldmice start turning up dead. Her only wish is to find peace and happiness. Formerly in the service of the now-defeated Jupiter, Akkikuyu has gone mad and is completely harmless. The Crystal PrisonĪudrey is commanded by the Starwife, all-powerful queen of the squirrels, to accompany the rat Madame Akkikuyu to the countryside against her will.

His daughter Audrey, refusing to believe he is dead, sets out to find him and in the process discover the truth about the villainous Jupiter. One mouse named Albert Brown is drawn into the sewers by dark enchantments on the grill in the house's basement. The only problem they have is a fear of the vicious rats in the sewers below who worship a mysterious living god called Jupiter. The Crystal Prison and The Final Reckoning were published there in 20 respectively.Ī community of mice lives an idyllic existence in an old empty house in the London borough Deptford. In 2000, The Deptford Mice trilogy made its debut in the United States with the publication of The Dark Portal by SeaStar Books. The first book in the series, The Dark Portal, was a runner-up for the Smarties book prize in 1989. The trilogy tells the story of a young mouse girl named Audrey Brown and her friends as they fight Jupiter, the evil living god of the sewer rats in the London borough of Deptford. The first book, The Dark Portal, was published in 1989 by Macdonald & Company in London, followed that same year by The Crystal Prison and then The Final Reckoning in 1990. The Deptford Mice is a trilogy of children's dark fantasy novels by British author Robin Jarvis.

The Deptford Mice Trilogy by Robin Jarvis