I remember when I read C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters for the first time. I thought it was both wildly entertaining and deeply profound in its insights into human nature. It was a one of a kind piece of literature.
Or was it?
Joshua Karras has taken on the challenge to write The Incendus Letters, a new series of letters between senior and junior demons, this time between Maniacus and Incendus, as they try to corrupt a man just as Screwtape and Wormwood has previously attempted.
It takes courage to try and carry on the tradition of someone like C.S. Lewis and yet Karras does a very good job. Karras carries out the same goal as Lewis, but this time reflecting an internet age and also emerging out of Karras being in a different stage of life than Lewis.
Is this book as good as Screwtape Letters? No, but that was pretty much impossible. However, I do think that Karras has provided something that is more accessible to a younger generation. What Lewis wrote was partially timeless and partially contextual to his own time. Karras gives us insight into how people are right now.
I am a huge C.S. Lewis fan and I come to projects such as this with significant skepticism. However, having read The Incendus Letters, I was very pleased with the excellent work of the author. If you enjoy The Screwtape Letters, you will enjoy The Incendus Letters.
You might also be interested in this interview with Joshua Karras from the C.S. Lewis Podcast.
