Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

" 'If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?' And what of the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? ... [The author] sets out to disentangle this knotty issue. ... [He] offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature"--P. [4] of cover.