A milestone in the history of popular theology The Screwtape Letters' is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare & the power of the devil This profound & striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service to his nephew Wormwood a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim he changes his ways & is lost' to the young devil Dedicated to Lewis's friend & colleague JRR Tolkien The Screwtape Letters' is a timeless classic on spiritual conflict & the invisible realities which are part of our religious experience