After reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader I was looking forward to finding out what happens next in the Narnia series. In The Silver Chair Eustace, the cousin from the previous book, is transported back to Narnia along with classmate Jill Pole. They find out that King Caspian is now an old man and that his son, Prince Rilian, has been missing for ten years. Using instructions from Aslan, Eustace and Jill travel north to look for Rilian and meet Puddleglum, a pessimistic marsh-wiggle. Adventures follow... involving giants, another evil witch, underground mole people, talking owls and so on. Overall I really enjoyed this installment. It may not have been quite as good as the previous book, but it moved along quickly and I thought Puddleglum was a funny new character. I'm sure Lewis meant for the whole encounter between the children and the Lady of the Green Kirtle in the Underworld to symbolize the conflict that exists between mankind and the devil... and for Aslan's Country to represent Narnian heaven. I'm hoping the next book brings closure to the series. This one gets an A-.
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