The Dark Portal

The Deptford Mice Trilogy, Book 1

By: Robin Jarvis

Narrated by: Roe Kendall

Every mouse knows of the dangers in the sewers, where bloodthirsty gangs of rats roam. But one curious mouse can't resist that perilous world and thus must face evil at its strongest - or the entire city of London could be destroyed.

©1989 Robin Jarvis (P)2006 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A spooky and enthralling animal fantasy...Jarvis provides counterpoint to the heart-racing adventure with scenes of haunting beauty...[and] conveys a sense of place powerful enough to elevate the South London boroughs of Greenwich and Blackheath to requisite stops on any bookish child's literary tour of the British capital." (Publishers Weekly)

Adventure and the alluring mystery of dark power.

Beautifully told story, satisfying adventure and the alluring mystery of dark power had me listening from start to finish with excitement!

A Good Surprise!

Builds the characters, and the pace increases thruout the read. Enjoyable!

Goated

This book has amazing voice recordings, along with a great story pairs for the perfect book 10/10! Would read again I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series!

Dark version of "Fievel" books, I loved it!

This is one of the best critter books I've read, if you love "Redwall" or other books like that, you're in for a great story.

Poor pacing, unfortunate prejudices

Overall an interesting premise but a terrible execution. I only made it to the end because the narrator’s voice was pleasant to listen to apart from some stereotypical accented voices that made me cringe.