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If you recently watched the very popular Disney movie "The Lion
the Witch and the Wardrobe"
you might be aware that C. S. Lewis wrote a total of seven books about Narnia. These are
in order of the internal chronology of events:

1 - The Magician's Nephew
2 - The Lion
the Witch and the Wardrobe
3- The Horse and His Boy
4 - Prince Caspian
5 - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6 - The Silver Chair
7 - The Last Battle

The novel "Prince Caspian" begins one year after the events told in "The Lion
the Witch and the Wardrobe" on a railroad platform where Peter
Edmund
Susan and Lucy are waiting for trains that will take them to their boarding schools. Suddenly they feel themselves transported into another world
and after a few hours of wandering about they realize that it is Narnia
where many centuries have passed in the meantime.

The second plot line involves young Prince Caspian
heir to the throne of Narnia
who has to flee from his usurping uncle Miraz. Deep in a forest he discovers some of the "Old Narnians" - talking beasts and dwarfs - and later decides to challenge his uncle for the kingship.

Soon
though
the military situation deteriorates for Caspian and his small army
and they end up besieged on Aslan's How
a hill built over the site of the stone table that played a crucial role in "The Lion
the Witch and the Wardrobe". When things look utterly bleak
Caspian uses his most precious object
Queen Susan's Horn
to summon help.

This review does not try to give away too much more of the plot and spoil the reader's enjoyment
so let me just say that the two plot lines intertwine
there are thrilling battle scenes (including a duel) and a wonderful celebration at the end.

Lewis does a good job of showing the gradual re-transformation of the four children
who once again turn from being English schoolchildren to becoming Kings and Queens of Narnia.

To me
Prince Caspian
is one of the three best books in the Narnia series
together with "The Lion
the Witch and the Wardrobe" and "The Magician's Nephew". In many ways
it repeats themes from "The Lion
the Witch and the Wardrobe"
but adds an interesting perspective by having the events of the earlier book become the stuff of legend.