The Deptford Histories
3 primary works • 6 total works
Book 1
In 1664, Will Godwin arrives in London and, to escape punishment for a crime he didn't commit, becomes an assistant to a powerful and wicked alchemist, Elias Theophratus Spittle, but longs to flee his servitude.
Book 2
As a series of dark wars between the bats and the squirrels rage, Vesper, a young bat, and the squirrel maiden Ysabelle are unaware of the devastating events that are unfolding, but they will soon be drawn into a nightmarish journey and a desperate attempt to save their lands from destruction.
Book 3
The "Alchymist's Cat" is set in the winter of 1664, when young Will Godwin, an alchymist's assistant, brings a mother cat and her new-born kittens to his master's apothecary shop. There, among the bubbling bottles and vile-smelling jars, Jupiter is born...
The "Oaken Throne" tells of the dark wars between the bats and the squirrels, which have raged for many years. In different corners of the land, Vesper, the young bat, and Ysabelle, the squirrel maiden, are as yet unaware of the events which will sweep them into a nightmarish journey.
Thomas begins four years after the fall of Jupiter, when Thomas Triton, a midshipmouse, is tormented by horrific visions of the past: stormlashed seas, ferocious battles, lost cities and terrifying heathen gods. But now the time has come to confront the most chilling memory of his youth, a dark and dreadful secret.