Perelandra is a planet of enjoyment, an unearthly, misty world of strange desires, lovely smells, and mouth watering preferences, where beasts are friendly and naked beauty is unashamed, a new Garden of Eden, where the story from the oldest enticement is enacted in an intriguingly new method. Here, in the next part of C. S. Lewis’ acclaimed Ransom Trilogy, Dr. Ransom’s escapades continue against the backdrop of a spiritual allegory that, while it may seem quaint in its treatment of females today, nonetheless shows the ability of science to become an evil drive tempting a ruler away from the path which has produced a paradisiacal kingdom. Can Perelandra succumb to the malevolent being, who strives to make a new world purchase, or does it toss away the yoke of corruption and attain a spiritual excellence as yet unfamiliar to man?