Prince Caspian (originally published as Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia) is the second published book (and fourth in chronological order) in C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as a major 2008 feature movie adaptation by Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures.
Set one year after the events of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in Earth time (but over 1,000 Narnian years later), the four Pevensie children—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy—are summoned back to Narnia by the magic horn of Queen Susan. They discover that Old Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines, a race of humans led by the ruthless Lord Miraz. The rightful heir to the throne, Young Prince Caspian, flees into the woods and forms an alliance with the talking beasts and magical creatures of Old Narnia to reclaim his throne.
The book was written by C. S. Lewis, focusing heavily on themes of faith, restoration, and childhood maturity. A television adaptation was released in 1989 for BBC combining Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. In 2008, a movie called The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was released and is directed by Andrew Adamson, starring Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, and Anna Popplewell. The movie featured a darker, action-oriented tone compared to its predecessor.