Author Eric Martindale recently visited the Moravian Book Shop, Bethlehem, to sign copies of his book, “Keepers of Men.”

Self-published in 2007, the dystopian novel was completely rewritten and published by Tate Publishing in 2015.

Martindale categorizes his book, as Christian Science Fiction.

Reviewer Rachel Tetley says, “Without ever referencing God or His truth, this story examines a bleak, hopeless and lifeless existence. Thought-provoking, intelligently written and poignant.”

The publisher describes the book saying, “To her own people, to those who know her most intimately, the America of 2026 has become a barren wasteland of corruption and tyranny.

“Cameras line the streets, separatists are hunted like dogs, and State satellites peer into the very homes.

“While most blindly accept this new system, few choose freedom over chains, thriving in austere wilderness enclaves as fugitives from the State. But two such diametrically opposite worlds cannot coexist for long.”

Kristian, a young separatist, along with an escaped felon, a beautiful reporter, an old man and a nuclear physicist, must find a way to fight together or they will die alone when these two worlds collide.

Tetley says it is a “… rich and trenchant analysis of politics and power that speaks urgently. The Keepers of Men is probably the most pointed in its social criticism, certainly the deepest in its theological reflection. Beneath its thick layers of political hypothesizing, humanistic ideals and atheistic world view, “Keepers of Men” paints a powerful picture of what life would be like without freedom.”

A U.S. Marine from Quakertown, Martindale has been on active duty since 2002, and participated in two combat deployments to Iraq and a combat deployment to Afghanistan.

He is working on a sequel to “Keepers of Men” and also on a non-fictional, semi-autobiographic criticism of the U.S. Navy and many of its social and political pressures.

“Keepers of Men” is available at bookstores, from the publisher or by visiting barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com.