About this title: In the sewers of Deptford there lurks a dark presence that fills the tunnels with fear. Into this twilight realm wanders a small and frightened mouse, the unwitting trigger of a chain of events that hurtles the Deptford Mice into a world of heroic adventure, sorcery, and terror. illustrations.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Seastar Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781587171123ISBN:1587171120
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. trade pb, 14b3, some shelf/edge wear, bottom right corner of cover damaged, name inside cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 243 p. Contains: Illustrations. Deptford Mice Trilogy (Paperback), 1. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780439640039ISBN:0439640032
Description: Good. Mild shelf wear; Corners slightly bumped; Spine ends mildly worn; Minor tanning to page edges; Mild rubbing\wear to covers; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
"The Dark Portal is an enjoyable mixture of cutesy mice, bloody death, and black magic. All in all, a unique mixture that combines to give this book a certain deliciously dark character.
The horror in this book is a little stronger and far more grisly than I expected: perhaps if I'd chosen the edition with the realistic rat's face, rather than the cutesy-poo anthropomorphic mice on the cover, then I would have been better prepared. What other book about talking animals would include demonaic rat gods, and grisly mouse sacrifices?
In contrast to the human skulls, decapitations, and cat demons, the mice themselves come across as possibly more gruesome: how stereotypically cute and good can you get? However, in the setting, this does work. Good and evil are resonably clear cut, embodied respectively in the cannibalistic, clawed, cultist rats, and the gentle, cute and vegitarian mice. Those who keep pet rats may be a little put-off by this slander, but otherwise, this makes for an enjoyable and genuinely creepy read."
"Fun. A great story about idolatry and survivng in the dark depths. Several scenes are wonderful, especially the revelation of evil Jupiter. Several characters are done well. But there are also long streaches of not much happening, and several characters who would do well to repent."
"I was surprised at how dark a novel about mice could be. It's been a while since I've read it, but this book reminds me a lot of Watership Down. While it is not a light read, I enjoyed the world and characters that Jarvis created."
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