Shadows of Ecstasy

“Shadows of Ecstasy” by Charles Williams. Published by William B. Eerdmans Company In this novel, as in The Place of the Lion, Williams weaves an eerie tale.  This novel takes place in England, but starts with an uprising on the African continent instigated by the would-be conqueror of death, Nigel Considine.  Roger Ingram, a London University Professor of Applied literature, plays a large part in the story as he relentlessly searches for the source of ecstasy—the source and meaning of death....