The Final Reckoning
core novel 1990 The Deptford Mice
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (1,282 ratings, collected 2026-10-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780750002721 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
As London shivers in the grip of an icy blizzard, the Deptford Mice huddle indoors, telling ghost stories to keep the bitter cold at bay. Little do they know that this is no ordinary winter: their most fearsome enemy, Jupiter, has returned from beyond the grave as the Unbeast, and plans to use his evil sorcery to plunge the world into an eternal, freezing night, while at his command the bloodthirsty rats of the sewers, led by his former lieutenant Morgan, are stirring once more. Alone and seemingly powerless in the face of this most terrible of foes, the mice are close to giving up hope; can they draw on their last reserves of strength to defeat Jupiter one final time? The conclusion of the trilogy.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Deptford Mice
- Series: The Deptford Mice core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robin Jarvis
Notes
- From the series record (The Deptford Mice): Audrey Brown and the mice of Deptford against the rat god Jupiter.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Deptford Mice: position 3 of 3: previous The Crystal Prison (1989)
- Internal chronology, within The Deptford Mice: position 5 of 6: previous The Oaken Throne (1993) · next Thomas (1995)
Sources
- Wikipedia (The Deptford Mice)
- Wikipedia (The Final Reckoning)
- Pushkin Children's Books (publisher description, via Northshire Bookstore)
- Something About the Author (via Encyclopedia.com)
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