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LONDON DEEP<br />

The climate upgrade failed.<br />

Rival police forces for kids and grown ups<br />

compete to keep the peace!<br />

Recap<br />

All citizens are implanted with an age chip at birth.<br />

The APD (nicknamed the ‘dult' police) are responsible for over 16s. The<br />

YPD (youth police department) police the under 16s.


Contents<br />

• Overview<br />

• The Climate Upgrade<br />

• Characters: The YPD<br />

• Characters: The APD<br />

• Characters: Father Thames/ the Mercs<br />

• Adaptation<br />

• Episode Guide<br />

• Animation Approach<br />

• Themes<br />

• Contact details<br />

info@mogzilla.co.uk<br />

www.mogzilla.co.uk


Contact: Robin Price<br />

Email robin@mogzilla.co.uk<br />

• Dystopian triology set in a<br />

Call: +44 (0)7740929404<br />

flooded future where kids<br />

police kids, and grown ups<br />

police grown ups!<br />

• Rule breaking risk taker<br />

Jem teams up with officious<br />

YPD agent Nick to track<br />

down eco-criminal gang<br />

Father Thames.<br />

• Three graphic novellas for<br />

screen adaptation.<br />

Strange areas of dark water are appearing...<br />

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London Deep<br />

London Deep is set in the not too distant future in a flooded<br />

world where rival police forces for kids and grown ups<br />

compete to keep the peace. At the heart of the story is a<br />

memorable concept: kids police kids and grown ups police<br />

grown ups. Follow the adventures of unlikely YPD recruit<br />

Jemima Mallard as tries to do the right thing in a sunken<br />

world - brimming with secrets and lies.<br />

London Deep is packed with memorable characters (both grown ups and<br />

kids) who’ll lead you through a mixed up world of coexisting communities.<br />

The series starts with a mystery... all over the river Thames, areas of dark<br />

polluted water have started to appear....<br />

Pollution like this has<br />

not been seen since the<br />

Climate Upgrade!<br />

Is the banned group<br />

Father Thames<br />

responsible?<br />

Rule-breaking teen<br />

Jemima Mallard<br />

must find out...


In the flooded future...<br />

Kids blame grown ups for what they did<br />

to the planet.


Overview<br />

What’s special about London Deep?<br />

• Kids police kids and grown ups police grown ups<br />

- society is divided along age lines.<br />

• It’s packed with unlikely pairings and choices:<br />

rebellious teen Jem must team up with the<br />

obsessive ‘details freak’ Nick.<br />

• London Deep Author Robin Price has imagined<br />

the series for a <strong>TV</strong> audience, drawing on some of<br />

the best elements of the three books and filling in<br />

gaps.<br />

• Each of the 26 episodes is packed with drama but<br />

no more scary or violent than the average Doctor<br />

Who episode.<br />

• Rooted in reality, the lack of magic and<br />

‘unbelievable’ elements and the cool visuals let<br />

younger viewers feel like they are crossing a<br />

boundary into something more ‘grown up’ than<br />

the typical animated programme.*<br />

• The story lines are age appropriate for children<br />

as young as 9 years old but many adults will also<br />

enjoy them too.<br />

*In his MIP Junior 2015 presentation, David<br />

Kleeman at Global Trends noted an ‘urge to age<br />

up’ and called it ‘innocent transgressive boundary<br />

crossing’.


The Climate Upgrade<br />

A catastrophic event known as ‘The Climate<br />

Upgrade’ caused mass flooding. Now London<br />

is drowned.


Two police forces<br />

The APD (nicknamed the ‘Dult police) are<br />

responsible for anyone over the age of 16<br />

years. The YPD (headed up by their ‘Mander)<br />

are responsible for anyone under the age of<br />

16 years.<br />

At birth every citizen is ‘chipped’ with an Age<br />

ID tag. These can be read by a detector.<br />

However, as we find out, it is possible to hack<br />

these age chips.<br />

Gun taboo<br />

Since the Climate Upgrade guns have<br />

become taboo. Anyone caught with one is<br />

cast adrift outside the Barrier.<br />

The police carry non-lethal electric guns -<br />

(‘zaps’) but these are very expensive to fire<br />

and are slow to recharge.


Father Thames ISBN: 9781906132040<br />

London Deep ISBN: 9781906132033<br />

Threadneedle ISBN: 9781906132057<br />

‘A terrifically atmospheric page-turning<br />

adventure... with contemporary issues of<br />

climate change and the environment in an<br />

original and provocative way but without<br />

sounding patronising. It’s a rattling good<br />

read and one in which you are sure to be<br />

drawn in to Jemima’s exploits of survival.’<br />


Adaptation<br />

The Adaptation<br />

The <strong>TV</strong> series starts with Jem joining the YPD. (This is the big<br />

revelation at the beginning of the second book - Father Thames<br />

- but it has been brought forward for the <strong>TV</strong> adaptation). With<br />

Jem a cop in the YPD from episode 2, the scene is set for<br />

a futuristic cop thriller. Serial rule breaker Jem is teamed up<br />

with methodical details freak Nick. A question mark hangs over<br />

Jem’s motives. Is she bought into the YPD or will she be swayed<br />

by the tempting chaos of her mother’s secretive organisation<br />

Father Thames?<br />

• Environmental themes are explored without preaching.<br />

Children blame adults for what they did to the world.<br />

• The two teenage leads are in the driving seat, in positions of<br />

power...<br />

• However, with empowerment comes responsibility as they<br />

are encounter new dilemmas in each episode.<br />

Episodes<br />

• We’re flexible about formats - e.g. 26 x 22 mins or 13 by 22<br />

mins are options.<br />

• There are 4 books and a detailed world to draw upon.<br />

• ‘Propulsive serialization’ techniques are used - where a new<br />

story line develops every 3 or 4 episodes.<br />

• Each episode resolves so you can still watch them in any<br />

order - but ideally when you watch them sequentially them<br />

you’ll be gripped as the story progressively unfolds.


CHARACTERS<br />

JEM<br />

The daughter of a high ranking APD inspector,<br />

Jemima Mallard is a serial rule breaker.<br />

Impulsive and intuitive, she often puts herself<br />

into risky situations in order to satisfy her<br />

curiousity. Jem has a passion for fairness.<br />

She must choose between the infl exible forces<br />

of law and order and the glamour of Father<br />

Thames - her mother’s outlawed organisation.<br />

At fi rst Jem is attracted by Father Thames ‘s<br />

arguments. They are right to protest about<br />

society’s fl aws but like many extremists before<br />

the Climate Upgrade - they put their cause<br />

above the needs of people. Over the series -<br />

Jem and Nick will see how this is wrong.<br />

Jemima Mallard<br />

NICK<br />

Nick is the opposite of Jem - a details freak who gets enraged by law breakers - however<br />

petty the law. Nick likes investigations to proceed in an orderly manner and becomes<br />

infuriated when Jem goes diving in and muddying the waters. Despite his nerdy attention<br />

to detail, Nick has a strong physical presence. He’s great with boats and ropes. Years of<br />

training mean he can handle himself in any situation. Behind his obsession with arrest<br />

statistics, a caring and cool person may be waiting to come out. Nick does not know it at<br />

the beginning, but he’s secretly falling for rule breaking Jemima Mallard.


The Dult Police (APD)<br />

MALLARD<br />

DCI Mallard is Jem’s father. After a long career in the APD<br />

he starts the series ‘sailing a desk’ (close to retirement)<br />

but gets mixed up in Jem’s adventures. Mallard always<br />

comes to Jem’s aid when she’s in trouble. This plain<br />

talker gets some of the best lines in the series especially<br />

when he starts arguing with Jem’s mother.<br />

The YPD<br />

THE MANDER<br />

The YPD love their jargon:<br />

‘Mander’ is short for commander.<br />

The Mander is the chief officer<br />

in the YPD. This charismatic<br />

leader is a great presenter and<br />

a clever negotiator.<br />

Rumour has it that his age<br />

ID might have been ‘chipped’<br />

and he’s older than 16.<br />

SUBMANDER<br />

HAIG<br />

Haig is the Mander’s ruthless second in<br />

command. He recruited Jem to the force,<br />

perhaps in order to set her against her<br />

father (and the APD). Haig wrote the book<br />

on treachery - and the put the book on the<br />

‘banned’ list!


The YPD (continued)<br />

NEW RECRUITS<br />

At the age of 17 a YPD officer must hand back their badge and leave the force. This<br />

means the YPD are constantly recruiting new members. They’ll need them too -<br />

what with the ‘black holes’, threadneedle, Father Thames, the Mercs and ‘drift by’<br />

crime on the rise.<br />

One of Jem’s<br />

cases brings her into contact with these<br />

reenactor droids from the Pastkeeper’s<br />

Palace. (Art by Sumit Sarkar)


RIVER<br />

Jem’s mother heads up the banned<br />

organisaion Father Thames. She is<br />

a volatile contrast to Jem’s ‘down to<br />

earth’ father. She cured herself of the<br />

Threadneedle disease but refuses to<br />

share the vaccine with Mallard.<br />

FLEUR<br />

Harfleur (‘Fleur’<br />

for short) is from<br />

the Stormfather<br />

island. Despite her<br />

strangely ‘distant’<br />

personality she<br />

becomes the<br />

object of Nick’s<br />

affections.<br />

The Mercs<br />

Meet the Mercs: part merchants, part mercenaries. Despite their ‘code’, not<br />

all Mercs are as honourable as their leader Hass (with the moustache). Mercs<br />

have access to pre-flood technology like ‘fabbing’ (fabricating spare parts).


Father Thames<br />

Not everyone agrees with a world divided<br />

along age lines. The name Father Thames<br />

is whispered by dissenters. Jem discovers<br />

that Father Thames is not a person:<br />

it’s an organisation led by Jem’s brilliant but<br />

volatile mother.<br />

SAUL<br />

Father Thames informant and graffiti<br />

scrawling ‘coder’ who is rescued by<br />

Jem. He has connections with Father<br />

Thames and The Mercs.<br />

‘FATMAN’<br />

This technological genius<br />

and lover of forbidden snacks is the<br />

co-founder of Father Thames.<br />

SHAMI<br />

Shami is River’s right hand in Father<br />

Thames organisation. She’s a mole<br />

in the YPD, working for Father<br />

Thames. Shami was orphaned at a<br />

long age and she’s jealous of Jem’s<br />

relationship with River.


A mine has broken free from the M25: the ancient<br />

minefi eld that encircles London.


Themes<br />

At the risk of going all ‘deep’ on you - the series explores<br />

some of the following issues:<br />

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE YOUNG BLAME THE OLD<br />

THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN KIDS AND GROWN UPS<br />

EXTREMISM and IDEALISM<br />

F<br />

Jem’s mother becomes infected with the ‘threadneedle’disease:


EPISODE GUIDE<br />

Tensions rise as rival police forces for grown ups and kids compete<br />

to keep the peace in a flooded world. The APD (adult police - or ‘Dult’<br />

police) are responsible for citizens over 16 and the YPD police anyone<br />

under 16.<br />

Series One<br />

Episode One: Strangetown<br />

Jemima Mallard’s houseboat gets sunk by masked raiders. Jem’s father (an Inspector<br />

in the APD) chases the jet skiers - but they are clocked as ‘under age’! The Dult police<br />

are powerless to arrest them. Jem ‘borrows’ a nearby taxi boat and pursues the raiders<br />

(breaking multiple laws in the process). When the raiders get away, Jem returns to find<br />

her father trying to talk YPD boss Haig out of arresting her for stealing the taxi. Haig<br />

offers her a deal: join the YPD or face punishment in The Bloody Tower, (the YPD’s<br />

infamous floating prison).<br />

Episode Two: Sinker<br />

Rule breaker Jemima Mallard is horrified to find herself a rookie YPD officer. Her new<br />

patrol partner Nick is equally horrified to have a raw recruit as a partner. Their first case<br />

is a weird one. Someone is sinking boats for fun. Attacks are centred on the Bargers: a<br />

secretive minority community led by a disciplinarian called The Ferryman. Jem and Nick<br />

discover that the Ferryman’s son knows more about the sinkings than he is letting on.<br />

Episode Three: Fab<br />

YPD officer Nick is worried because his arrest rate has slowed since he teamed up with<br />

new girl Jem. YPD boss Haig is threatening to take away Nick’s beloved launch - The<br />

Aqua - unless the pairs’ arrest stats improve. Jem agrees to go to the only place that<br />

can get Nick’s stats up: a ‘sink’ estate near the Isle of Frogs. Things get ‘choppy’ when<br />

the duo run into an illegal powerboat shop. Motors need to be licenced and ‘fabbing’<br />

(fabricating) engine parts is a ‘three bar’ offence. Unbelievably, the fabber is over age<br />

and the YPD can’t arrest her! Has someone hacked her ‘unhackable’ age ID chip?<br />

Episode Four: Drift by<br />

Jem and Nick are sent to investigate a ‘drift-by’ robbery near Shard island. On top of<br />

the ruined Shard building is Nelson’s Column. Architects used to be ‘creative’ before<br />

the Climate Upgrade. On route, Jem and Nick pass a whirlpool of polluted water. These<br />

mysterious black holes are said to be toxic but Jem dives in to investigate. Running out<br />

of air, she is rescued by Nick - who risks his life. But when Jem discovers that her reserve<br />

air tank has been disconnected, she suspects the YPD of sabotage.<br />

Episode Five: Water rats<br />

The city is battened down, preparing to face a freak wave. Jem overhears a distress<br />

call: an old woman has fallen off her barge in the rat infested Canary swamp area. Rats<br />

(and adults) carry the incurable threadneedle disease, which only affects young people.<br />

Nick decides to ignore the call - there’s no ‘stats’ for saving a grown up. Infuriated, Jem<br />

ditches Nick and speeds to the rescue. She saves the old woman but when a wave hits<br />

her boat, she falls in and is carried downstream by the fast current. Reaching out, she<br />

clings onto the first thing she finds. This turns out to be a ‘Keep’ - a floating holding cell<br />

for YPD prisoners. But the plague rats have spotted it too!


Episode Six: The Bloody Tower<br />

Commander Haig orders Jem to go undercover to track down the criminal Father<br />

Thames. Jem’s ID chip seems to be malfunctioning. She is picked up by a YPD patrol.<br />

Their galley is on route to their infamous prison - The Bloody Tower. Jem discovers<br />

a mysterious calling card in her pocket. Jem learns from fellow prisoner Saul that her<br />

‘scratcher’ card carries a code that will allow her to connect with Father Thames. At<br />

the gates of The Bloody Tower Jem’s boat is rescued by her father (DCI Mallard). He<br />

might be in the ‘Dult police - but he’s got a submarine full of ration packs to trade for his<br />

daughter’s freedom. How did Mallard find Jem? Mallard explains that Nick made the<br />

call. Jem is forced to reassess her opnion of her YPD partner.<br />

Episode Seven: Shark’s tooth<br />

Nick and Jem are back on the beat together. Jem’s attitude towards Nick seems to<br />

have softened. But Nick misinterprets this lack of open hostility for deeper feelings.<br />

Meanwhile, Illegal powerboats have been reported near the Thames Barrier Reef. The<br />

‘Dult police are first on the scene but a shark rams Mallard’s boat. Luckily - Jem is handy<br />

with a harpoon gun and scores a direct hit. Jem is given a tooth from the shark as a<br />

souvenir. But the shark has been ‘augmented’ with technology. This kind of pre-flood<br />

hi-tech is ultra rare and illegal. Mallard suspects the shark was made by ‘Mercs’ - shady<br />

traders who are part merchant, part mercenaries.<br />

Episode Eight: M25<br />

Two floating mines have drifted past the city defences. The first mine explodes and the<br />

second floats menacingly onwards. Little is known about technology from before the<br />

Climate Upgrade. The mines have come from the M25 an ancient minefield surrounding<br />

London. Mallard calls a Pastkeeper from the museum, who agrees to come and help.<br />

Nick tries to explode the mines with a ‘hell’ bomb, but the fuel just burns on the surface<br />

of the mine. Jem is not impressed with Nick for creating a floating fire bomb!<br />

An fat man arrives in a Hong Kong style junk. He deactivates the second mine, saving<br />

the floating market and leaves before anyone can thank him. Moments later, the real<br />

expert from the museum arrives. Who was the mysterious fat man? Jem is amazed<br />

when her shark tooth pendant vibrates and reveals a message.<br />

Episode Nine: Two Swords<br />

Sub-mander Haig gives Jem and Nick a rare day off. Jem decides to spend her day<br />

diving into the flooded waxworks of Madame Two Swords. Nick decides to ‘tag’ along.<br />

Jem doesn’t want him to come but he just can’t read the signs. As they arrive at a place<br />

called Toad Island, a masked figure swings onto the boat and knocks Nick into the water,<br />

leaving him stranded. When she removes her mask, Jem is amazed to find discover<br />

that the masked raider is her own mother - River. Jem’s father warned her to ‘let still<br />

waters be’ - her mother is brilliant but volatile. River tries to recruit Jem to join Father<br />

Thames. But Jem decides to go back to rescue Nick from the poisonous inhabitants of<br />

Toad Island.<br />

Episode Ten: Return of the Argonaut<br />

The sole survivor of a hand picked crew returns to London in his boat The Argo. The<br />

survivor claims to have discovered an entire new continent. Jem and Nick are sent to<br />

investigate, they find that the new land mass is a huge floating island of waste plastic.<br />

As they leave, they encounter the Mercs (part mercanaries - part merchants). Things<br />

look bad for the YPD pair until the leader of the Mercs spots Jem’s shark tooth necklace.<br />

Episode Eleven: Threadneedle<br />

When Jem and Nick investigate a house boat theft, Nick saves Jem from a booby trap<br />

but becomes infected with the ‘threadneedle’ disease. This only affects young people.<br />

Adults (and rats) are the carriers of the disease. Jem is shocked to learn that the Mander<br />

is banishing the ‘threadies’ to a ‘safeguarding’ area outside the barrier. Nick is stripped of<br />

his badge and taken away. Jem seeks out her mother’s help. But will River help save the<br />

life of an officer in the hated YPD? River agrees and Nick’s record is alterted to indicate<br />

a false positive.


EPISODE GUIDE - cont.<br />

Episode Twelve: It’s a gas<br />

The mystery of the black holes is finally revealed! Father Thames have been mining the river bed<br />

for methane gas - which they are storing in a giant underground tank. But what do the outlaws want<br />

with all that gas? The YPD and APD hold a conference of war. Would Father Thames really use gas<br />

against the inhabitants? Jem thinks not but Mallard wouldn’t rule it out. Jem and Nick are despatched<br />

to destroy the tank - but Shami - a double agent in the YPD - is determined to stop them.<br />

Episode Thirteen: Subversion<br />

The Mander sends Nick and Jem to infiltrate Father Thames’s base - an abandoned submarine.<br />

Nick is amazed when the leader of Father Thames is revealed to be... Jem’s mother! The one who<br />

treated him for threadneedle and hacked his medical record to conceal it. Not convinced by River’s<br />

extremist arguments, Nick escapes and shoots the Fat man with a non-lethal ‘zap’ gun. Tragically,<br />

the fat man’s pacemaker fails and he dies. Nick is distraught when he recognizes the fat man as the<br />

hero who defused the floating mine that threatened the market. Should he reveal the truth to Jem?<br />

Series Two<br />

Episode Fourteen: King coder<br />

Rumour has it that Father Thames is offering a one million joules prize for anyone who can ‘code’<br />

Nelson’s column. ‘Coding’ slogans on boats and buildings is a ‘three bar’ offence for which the<br />

punishment is three years in the YPD’s prison (the infamous ‘Bloody Tower’). YPD officer Nick thinks<br />

this is a fair punishment: scaling the tops of sunken towers to deface them is a dangerous offence.<br />

But a boy called Saul is determined to get his hands on the prize.<br />

Episode Fifteen: Dultnappers<br />

A gang of youths is kidnapping adults. Relations between the YPD and the APD are at an all time low<br />

and the ‘Dult police are powerless to stop the attacks. Mallard reluctantly asks Jem and Nick to help<br />

him bring the youth gang to justice. Nick wins Jem’s respect when he risks everything in order to help<br />

her father. Does Jem really have feelings for her YPD partner or is it strictly business?<br />

Episode Sixteen: Shark city<br />

Someone has been using a device to drain the city batteries. They are sapping the power to the<br />

Barrier (a chain of security buoys that protect the city waters from sharks and deadly ‘beastfish’). In<br />

the course of her investigation, Jem discovers a secret: the power has been down for weeks. Only<br />

a line of baited hooks stands between the public and the former wildwater zone called ‘Sharkopolis’.<br />

Should Jem blow the whistle or would the truth spread panic?<br />

Episode Seventeen: Power jack<br />

The YPD’s weapons are out of power. Saul has a proposition for Jem.The boy suggests going to the<br />

Mercs to buy a ‘top up’. Nick disagrees - arguing that you shouldn’t buy power when you don’t know<br />

where it comes from. However without their non-lethal zap guns, the YPD will have to use force to<br />

make arrests and people will get seriously hurt.<br />

Episode Eighteen: Wavebombers<br />

Whenever the winds and the tide combines, the Thames Barrier reef can be a dangerous place.<br />

What better place for the exciting craze of ‘wavebombing’. Under orders to put a stop to it, Nick is<br />

about to break the surfer’s boards. Meanwhile, Jem is impressed by Remi - a charismatic surfer.<br />

She persuades Nick to let the wavebombers off with a verbal warning. Later, when Remi’s younger<br />

brother goes missing in storm surge conditions, Jem borrows a board and rides to his rescue.


Episode Nineteen: The Ferryman<br />

Someone is using a device that creates whirlpools - to draw attention away from their criminal<br />

activities: an illegal powerboat race. The Mander suspects Father Thames: but the answer lies with a<br />

feud at the heart of the Barger community who must choose a new ‘Ferryman’ to lead them.<br />

Episode Twenty: Pastkeeper’s palace<br />

Jem and Nick arrive at the Pastkeeper’s Palace - a private museum - to find a three metre high hole<br />

in the wall. Three war re-enactment robots have busted out. But it can’t be possible... everyone<br />

knows that robots aren’t intelligent enough to unplug themselves.<br />

Episode Twenty One: Wounded siren<br />

Jem and Nick are told to investigate incidents of boats being ‘drawn’ onto the rocks by a mysterious<br />

call and wrecked! But this is London, not ancient Greece! At the heart of the mystery is a box made<br />

by a pre-flood security corporation called Greenwheel.<br />

Episode Twenty Two: Tribute<br />

A ghostly ship sails right through a hole in the Barrier. Nick and Jem try to intercept the vessel but the<br />

crew are formidable fighters. Defeated, both police forces decide to negotiate with the intruders. Their<br />

leader - Thorlkeld, looks like he’s just stepped out of a Viking long ship. Haig offers him solar panels<br />

and food. But Thorkeld delivers an ultimatum.Thorkeld’s leader - The Stormfather - is demanding a<br />

tribute of people.<br />

Episode Twenty Three: The Stormfather wants you!<br />

Jem and Nick follow Thorkeld’s ship to a tiny windswept island. Nick swims ashore to find the leader<br />

of the islanders: a madman known as Bad Mask - who is working for the mysterious Stormfather.<br />

Jem discovers that The Stormfather is an ancient wind turbine. (The faded manufacturers nameplate<br />

reads: Stormfarmer II).The pair rescue Mallard, free up the sails and make the Stormfather turn<br />

again. Nick can’t understand why Fleur isn’t elated. With this much renewable electricity from the<br />

wind - the islanders are rich. However, Mallard warns that power always corrupts.<br />

Episode Twenty Four: Shami through the looking glass<br />

Mallard breaks bad news. Despite their oath of secrecy, the Mander has got wind of the new ‘electric<br />

island’ where the streets are paved with electricity. Jem suspects that Shami is the ‘mole’ but Nick<br />

discovers that Shami is a double agent: she’s been working been working for Father Thames all<br />

along.<br />

Episode Twenty Five: Harfleur<br />

Bored of waiting for Jem, Nick has fallen for Harfleur. On a mission to a second Stormfarmer wind<br />

turbine, the pair encounter rats carrying threadneedle disease. Nick is already infected - and as<br />

he drives the creatures away he is bitten again. When Harfleur finds out, she abandons him in a<br />

dangerous situation.<br />

Episode Twenty Six: Renewables<br />

The YPD decide to leave London because of the threadneedle epidemic. However, Mallard suspects<br />

that they want to take over the Stormfather island (now an important strategic ‘asset’ due to its<br />

renawable power source). As the YPD fleet head for the Island, Harfleur and the Islanders must<br />

decide whether to accept the newcomers. Meanwhile the Mercs have also learned of the power<br />

source and they want their share. They’ve brought an ancient robot back to life. As the rival forces<br />

converge on the island, Jem must decide where her loyalties lie - and whether her rocky relationship<br />

with Nick is ‘renewable’ too.


What the reviewers say...<br />

The first London Deep book was a Recommended<br />

Read for World Book Day in 2011. There are three titles<br />

in the series.<br />

‘Robin Price’s writing is quirky with a bit of an edge to it that greatly<br />

adds realism to this dystopian version of London… Add in the<br />

gritty illustrated comic panels by Paul McGrory and you find this<br />

is indeed something quite new, not only in plot, but in style. It’s<br />

not just an illustrated novel, nor is it quite a graphic novel. It is<br />

a hybrid between the two… As such, it works quite well for the<br />

younger market. Children aged 9 and above who are reluctant to<br />

read but love comics will find the shorter full text sections easy<br />

to get through, with the comic panels adding punctuation to the<br />

action occurring within that part of the chapter.’<br />

www.dooyoo.co.uk<br />

‘London Deep is a really amazing story about a twelve year old<br />

girl called Jemima Mallard. She lives in a flooded London of the<br />

future!! … This book is a very enjoyable read with lots of drama<br />

action and fun. The comic pics are very enjoyable to look at and<br />

they fit well with this kind of story.’<br />

Abigail – (aged 10).<br />

‘Is this part graphic novel, part standard text, or is it a story with<br />

illustrations…? It made my head ache, but my eleven year old<br />

loved it and seemed to have no trouble cutting backwards and<br />

forwards between the two…’<br />

Rachel Ayers Nelson – School Librarian Magazine<br />

(Father Thames) ‘Unusual in style and fast-moving, the writing<br />

ensures the reader is totally absorbed in the book and the people<br />

and places spring to life. The format is perfect for encouraging<br />

reluctant readers and they will be well rewarded by this exciting<br />

story.’<br />

www.parentsintouch.co.uk


The Books<br />

‘This is a terrifically atmospheric page-turning adventure<br />

told through words and comic art. Set in the near future, in a<br />

flooded London where rival police forces – one for adults and<br />

one for kids – compete to keep the peace, it intertwines the<br />

story of Jemima, daughter of the Chief Inspector of Police, with<br />

contemporary issues of climate change and the environment<br />

in an original and provocative way but without sounding<br />

patronising. It’s a rattling good read and one in which you are<br />

sure to be drawn in to Jemima’s exploits of survival.’<br />

www.lovereading.co.uk<br />

‘Through pace and narrative power, both admirably sustained,<br />

the book avoids becoming didactic. This is no campaign<br />

document on climate change…<br />

The characterization, especially of Jemima and Nick, is forceful<br />

and convincing. They capture the reader’s interest and carry<br />

the narrative forward…’ Armadillo Magazine<br />

“...the detailed world depicted in Father Thames (has) familiar<br />

landmarks transformed since the ‘Climate Upgrade’ – including<br />

the Thames Barrier Reef, Trafalgar Swamp and the remains<br />

of the London Eye, now known as ‘the Socket’. Children will<br />

also revel in the mysterious invaders, who are part pirate and<br />

part Viking warriors. Father Thames is half book, half graphic<br />

novel, with Japanese ‘manga’-style illustrations, which serve as<br />

excellent rewards for continued reading. The masked invaders<br />

are particularly chilling. The book contains references to fairly<br />

tricky themes such as terrorist cells, but action-loving readers<br />

will lap this up.’ Scholastic Education


For more information contact:<br />

info@mogzilla.co.uk<br />

London Deep ISBN: 9781906132033<br />

Father Thames ISBN: 9781906132040<br />

Threadneedle ISBN: 9781906132057<br />

www.londondeep.co.uk<br />

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Copyright Mogzilla 2015. All rights reserved. Artwork by Paul McGrory<br />

except ‘robots’ by Sumit Sakar. Colouring by Jess Swainson, Rachel<br />

De San Croix, Rebecca Davy . Text by Robin Price.

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