The Deptford Mice is a trilogy of children's dark fantasy novels by British author Robin Jarvis. 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 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 in the series, The Dark Portal, was a runner-up for the Smarties book prize in 1989. In 2000, The Deptford Mice trilogy made its debut in the United States with the publication of The Dark Portal by SeaStar Books. The Crystal Prison and The Final Reckoning were published there in 2001 and 2002 respectively. In November 2023, it was announced that Pushkin Children's Books had acquired worldwide publishing rights to The Deptford Mice and would be reissuing the trilogy throughout 2024. These editions are "freshly edited" and feature new covers and illustrations by Jarvis. Source: Wikipedia (en)