About this title: In the British tradition of "Redwall" comes the first novel of a trilogy set in the sewers of Deptford where there lurks a dark presence. The rats worship it in the blackness and call it "Jupiter, Lord of All". Into this twilight realm wanders a small and frightened mouse who triggers a chain of events that hurls the Deptford mice into a world of heroic adventure.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Seastar Books
Date Published: 2000-07-01
ISBN-13:9781587170218ISBN:1587170213
Description: Very Good. Trade paperback. Near fine. Very slight general wear. Clean, tight, straight, unmarked. Sticker residue. Price inside. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: SeaStar Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781587170218ISBN:1587170213
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight edgewear. Pages clean, bright and tight. Trade paperback edition. 240 p. Deptford Mice Trilogy.1. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Seastar Books
Date Published: 2000-07-01
ISBN-13:9781587170218ISBN:1587170213
Description: Very Good. Advance Reading Copy in illustrated wrappers (PAPERBACK), interior clean, binding tight, covers show rubbed lines, plus some corner wear. VG. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. 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
Edition: Troll Special Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: SeaStar Books A Peter Glassman Book, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781587170218ISBN:1587170213
Description: Very Good+ 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light bend about 1/2" from lower rear corner, lightly edgeworn covers. 243 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Seastar Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781587170218ISBN:1587170213
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Page edges are stained, several are creased; wraps are bumped/chipped at the fore edge corners and chipped at the backstrip. Trade paperback 243 p. Deptford Mice Trilogy Audience: Children/juvenile. 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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