That Hideous Strength, Book Three of Space Trilogy

The final book in C.S. Lewiss acclaimed science fiction Space Trilogy, which followsOut of the Silent PlanetandPerelandra,concludes the adventures of the matchless Dr. Ransom.

Now, the dark forces that have been repulsed inOut of the Silent PlanetandPerelandraare massed for an assault on planet Earth. Word is that the mighty wizard Merlin has come back to the land of the living after many centuries, holding the key to ultimate power for the force that can find him and bend him to its will. A sinister technocratic organization is gaining power throughout Europe, with a plan to recondition society, and it is up to Ransom and his friends to stop this threat by applying age-old wisdom to a new universe dominated by science. The two groups struggle to a climactic resolution that brings the Space Trilogy to a magnificent, crashing conclusion.

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during World War II, C.S. Lewiss Space Trilogy stands alongside such works as Albert CamussThe Plagueand George Orwells1984as a timeless classic, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns.