A sharp, sophisticated fantasy dealing with an old problem--temptation--in a new world--Perelandra. The newest planet in C. S. Lewis's celebrated space world. Perelandra (the Planet Venus), has been invaded by the devil's agent in the shape of an English physicist, Dr. Weston. Evil joins battle with good, represented by Ransom the philologist, as Perelandra and its Queen and Lady-Mother face the choice between ascending to perfection or following an older world to corruption.