![]() A phony fortune teller who once served Jupiter, Akkikuyu lost her mind when she discovered he was a cat. While there, the Starwife reveals the main reason for summoning Audrey: the rat Madame Akkikuyu was found wandering aimlessly in Greenwich Park by her sentries. Midshipmouse Thomas Triton arrives with news that the Starwife, the wise and ancient queen of the squirrels, has summoned Audrey to her chambers so she can hear the story of Jupiter's downfall firsthand. They are now being tended to by their friends the Browns, city mouse Piccadilly, and Oswald's fieldmouse cousin Twit. In caring for him, Oswald's parents have become sick as well. Albino mouse Oswald Chitter is deathly ill, having caught an infection during his time in the Deptford sewers battling the villainous cat Jupiter with his friends. The story picks up shortly after the last book left off. The book continues the story of the young house mouse Audrey after she and her friends have defeated the evil cat Jupiter, lord of the sewer rats. In 2001, it was published by SeaStar Books in the United States. ![]() ![]() It is the second book in The Deptford Mice trilogy, first published in the United Kingdom in 1989 by Macdonald & Company, London. ![]() The Crystal Prison is a dark fantasy novel for children by British author Robin Jarvis. ![]()
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