Beyond that? Anomalies and contradictions. Some of the strange phenomena are rather beautifully described. The fantastical story of The Place of the Lion moves along at a fair pace. They were out of print and it was fun tracking them down, before the internet destroyed the fun of hunting for books in ramshackle stores.
I'd read a couple of Charles Williams' novels along time ago. What can I say about this deeply odd book? With unparalleled imagination, literary skill, and intelligence, the remarkable Charles Williams has created a truly unique thriller, a tour de force of the fantastic that masterfully engages the mind, heart, and spirit. But if he alone cannot somehow restore balance to the worlds, all of humankind will surely perish in the impending apocalypse.Īn extraordinary metaphysical fantasy firmly based in Platonic ideals, The Place of the Lion is a masterful blending of action and thought by arguably the most provocative of the University of Oxford’s renowned Inklings-the society of writers in the 1930s that included such notables as C. Only a student named Anthony, emboldened by his unwavering love for Damaris, has the courage to face the horror head on. Others, like the cool and intellectual Damaris, refuse to accept what her eyes and heart tell her until it is far too late. Some residents, like the evil, power-hungry Mr. Strange creatures are descending on Smethem-terrifying supernatural archetypes wreaking wholesale havoc, destruction, and death. Berringer, has caused a rift in the barrier between the corporeal and the spiritual, and now all hell has broken loose. The meddling and meditations of a local mage, Mr. In the small English town of Smetham on the outskirts of London, a wall separating two worlds has broken down. One man must save the human race from total destruction when a small British village is invaded by a terrifying host of archetypal creatures released from the spiritual world
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