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Author: Jarvis, Robin

Reading age: from c 10 years

Published on 7 March 2024 by Pushkin Children’s Books in the United Kingdom as part of ‘The Deptford Mice’ series.

Paperback | 320 pages
200 x 130 x 25 | 282g

‘Wonderfully dark and magical. An absolute classic’ Phil Hickes, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones

The spine-chilling children’s fantasy classic, from the author of The Whitby Witches

Featuring new illustrations

The Deptford Mice live a cosy life in the skirting boards of an abandoned London house, with no humans or cats to disturb them. But something lurks in the dank sewers beneath the city – a mysterious, powerful being, worshipped by a horde of bloodthirsty rats who cower in its presence…

When a brave mouse ventures down into the sewers, he uncovers a terrifying plot to awaken an ancient evil. Soon his family and friends must summon all their courage to confront treacherous enemies and foul sorcery in a battle to save London and the world from eternal darkness.