The lost tales of New Xian is a dystopian science fiction novel written by Polish novelist Karol Wojtyla. While Wojtyla was known mostly as a philosopher and poet who worked for the Polish underground in the Polish Occupied Territories of the Greater German Reich, he also tried his hand at science fiction. The novel itself tells the story of a secret Christian group known as the New Xian movement who works to overthrow an oppressive government of beings from another planet. It was seen as an obvious parallel of the Polish situation under the Nazis where Catholicism was heavily persecuted, and even in the German heartland, many Catholics felt they had to keep their faith a secret as irreligiosity, Positive Christianity, and Nazi infused Norse paganism spread amongst the Reich.
The novel was first written in the 1950's but eventually snuck out through Sweden and published in the UK and the US in 1961. Even Pope John XXIII read it, though Italian authorities denied that the book had even crossed their borders. While it was definitely one of Wojtyla's more popular works, many critics today are more favorable towards his philosophic and apologetic writings, which show a deep influence from his incomplete seminary education.
Car Men Sandy Eggo.