(1945) is a sequel to two earlier novels by C. S. Lewis,
Out of the Silent Planet(1938) and
Perelandra(1943). Like the earlier two stories, its central character is Elwin Ransom, though he has a smaller role in the overall action of this book. In
PerelandraRansom traveled to Venus and defeated Edward Rolles Weston, one of the two villains who kidnapped him and took him to Mars in
Out of the Silent Planet. In
That Hideous StrengthRansom returns to Earth to do battle with the other villain, Richard Devine.
That Hideous Strength describes the attempt to seize control of the earth by a large, powerful, supremely evil socio-scientific organization (the National Institute for Coordinated Experiments – known mostly by its acronym,
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