Before the wardrobe, before the Pevensies, there was the creation of Narnia itself. In 1950s London, two children, Digory and Polly, are tricked by Digory’s eccentric Uncle Andrew into a journey between worlds using enchanted rings. After accidentally awakening the powerful and ancient Empress Jadis in the dying world of Charn, they flee to a void that is suddenly brought to life by the song of a great lion. As a new world is born, the children must protect it from the darkness they unwittingly brought with them