The Hidden Force

{{short description|1900 novel by Louis Couperus}}

{{Redirect|De Stille Kracht|the television series|De Stille Kracht (TV series)}}

{{Infobox book

| name = The Hidden Force

| image = The hidden force; a story of modern Java (IA hiddenforcestory00coup).pdf

| image_caption =

| author = Louis Couperus

| title_orig = De Stille Kracht

| translator = Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

| country = Netherlands

| language = Dutch

| publisher = L.J. Veen

| pub_date = 1900

| english_pub_date = 1922

| pages = 246

}}

The Hidden Force ({{langx|nl|De Stille Kracht}}) is a 1900 novel by the Dutch writer Louis Couperus. The narrative is set on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies. The book was adapted into a 1974 Dutch TV serial. In 2010, a feature-film adaptation was announced as under development with Paul Verhoeven as director.{{Cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2010-08-24|url=https://variety.com/2010/biz/news/verhoeven-to-helm-hidden-force-1118023241/|title=Verhoeven to helm 'Hidden Force'|work=Variety|accessdate=2012-05-05}}

In 1985 E.M. Beekman published a revised edition of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation dd 1921; a new translation by Paul Vincent came in 2012.