“There was a real railway accident，” said Aslan softly. Your father and mother and all of you are.as you used o call it in the Shadowlands.dead. The term is over： he holidays have begun. The dream is ended： this is the orning.“And as He spoke He no longer looked to them like a lion； ut the things that began to happen after that were so great nd beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is he end of all the stories， and we can most truly say that hey all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the eginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all heir adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the tle page： now at last they were beginning One of he Great Story which no one on earth has read： which goes n for ever： in which every is better than the one efore.
“ ct in the hctional realm of Namia， a fantasy world magic， mythical beasts， and talking animals， the ser arrates the adventures of various children who play cent ilcs in the unfolding history of that wodd. Except in T horse and His Boy， the protagonist are all children b？ ie rant world， magically transported to Namia， where tb ie called upon by the lion Aslan to protect Namia from e nit res.ti？re the thmne to iio riohtful line. The books span i ntire history of Namia from is creation in The Magiciato in eventual desnuction in The Last Battle.