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Publisher: HarperChildrensAudio
Release Date: July 6, 2004
ISBN: 0060597828
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Format Reviewed: Audio CD / Audio / Unabridged edition
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Genre:   Children / Fantasy / Ages 9-12
Reviewed: 2004
Reviewer: Carisa Weeaks
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The Last Battle
By C. S. Lewis
Read by Patrick Stewart

    Each time the children have been able to come back to Narnia, they were brought by Aslan to help Narnia and destroy evil, but they never thought about their trips to Narnia being their last because of something other than them just growing old. Eustance and Jill are back to help Tirian, the King of Narnia and his unicorn friend Jule, save Narnia from the worst threat they could ever face – the beginning of the end.

     Aslan, the Lion who created Narnia and watched over its inhabitants, is missing, and what’s worse is there’s an imposter turning the inhabitants of Narnia into slaves of the Calormen – the violent men of a neighboring land who want to take over Narina for their own.

    Will Eustace, Jill, Tirian, and the loyal Narnians be able to save their beautiful world from falling – or is it the end of another cycle?

   I am a huge C.S. Lewis fan, and every audio book that’s been offered, I’ve grabbed. His writing style is descriptively beautiful and deeper than the Eastern Ocean. This book, I have to say, has become my ultimate favorite. There is no way C.S. Lewis couldn’t have topped this one if he had tried. It’s a poignant, overwhelming story of the elusively mystic land that C.S. Lewis has allowed us to be a part of and the cycle of life that every world will go through.

    Patrick Stewart is an incredible actor and to have his deep, spine-tingling voice bringing Narnia and its inhabitants to life is something beyond description. Better known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on “Start Trek” and Professor Xavier in the “X-Men” series, Stewart gives Lewis’ character the ability to become real to the readers.

    Absolutely Marvelous!