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‘The Final Reckoning’ by Robin Jarvis

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Saturday, March 5, 2011

I’ve recently mentioned how much I enjoy Robin Jarvis’ writing now that I’m reading his Deptford Mice Trilogy as an adult, and The Crystal Prison ended on such a cliffhanger that I had to go on and read the final book in the trilogy, ominously entitled , soon afterwards. In The Final Reckoning the mice find themselves [...]

‘The Crystal Prison’ by Robin Jarvis

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Friday, February 18, 2011

I remember reading Robin Jarvis’ Deptford Histories Trilogy when I was younger and being utterly, deliciously terrified by them.  They were books that I would only read with my back placed firmly against a wall so that I could be absolutely sure that nothing was sneaking up behind me waiting to grab me.  I’ve never [...]

Review: ‘The Dark Portal’ by Robin Jarvis

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Friday, August 20, 2010

In the sewers of Deptford there lurks a dark presence which fills the tunnels with fear. The rats worship it in the blackness and name it jupiter, lord of All. Into this twilight realm wanders a small and frightened mouse. Far from family and friends he perishes, and is the unwitting trigger of a chain [...]