Ransom finds that in the spiritually-pure context, the beautiful naked queen arouses no sexual desire or temptation in him, even though the King himself is not present at the time he is somewhere else on the planet. The two of them live on the floating raft-islands and are forbidden, by Maleldil's divine command, to sleep on the Fixed Land. She and her husband the King are the first, and so far the only, human inhabitants of their world. Unlike the inhabitants of Mars in Out of the Silent Planet, she resembles a human in physical appearance with the exception of her green skin.

She is a carefree being who soon accepts him as a friend. Ransom soon meets the Queen of the planet. The planet's thick atmosphere hides the sun and stars, although like Earth, the planet rotates and has days and nights. The planet's sole observable geological feature is a stony mountain called the Fixed Land. As the rafts have no geologic foundations, they are in a constant state of motion. These rafts resemble islands, to the extent of having plant and animal life upon them, including edible plants and plants large enough to provide shelter. He finds that the surface of the planet is covered in a sweet-water ocean which is dotted with floating rafts of vegetation. Ransom arrives in Venus after a quick journey through inter-planetary space. The remainder of the story is told from Ransom's point of view, with Lewis acting as interlocutor and occasional commentator. He returns to Earth over a year later and is met by Lewis and another friend, then recounts his experiences. Ransom is transported in a casket-like vessel which is seemingly made of ice and contains only himself, unclothed, as Oyarsa tells him clothes are unnecessary on Venus.

Ransom explains to Lewis that he (Ransom) is to travel to Perelandra ( Venus), where he is to counter some kind of attack - details not yet specified - to be launched by Earth's Black Archon ( Satan). Ransom summons narrator-Lewis to his country home. Philologist Elwin Ransom, some years after his return from Mars at the end of Out of the Silent Planet, receives a new mission from the Oyarsa (the angelic ruler) of Mars. Lewis, set on the planet of Perelandra, or Venus. Perelandra (also titled Voyage to Venus in a later edition published by Pan Books) is the second book in the Space Trilogy of C.

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis