News


Announcing the 2025 Release of the Unabridged Audio Book of The Well written and performed by R. Chapman Wesley
 


Audio Clips from The Well

Announcing the 2025 Release of "A Fonte", the Brazilian Portuguese Translation of The Well
The middle third of the novel takes place in the Amazonian Rain Forest.

Announcing "Echoes",  an Anthology of Poems by R. Chapman Wesley
Read "Rock Earth"
Read "1936, A Prelude to Chaos"
 




2024 Winner of The American Fiction Award for Adventure Fiction!
2024 Finalist of The American Fiction Award for General Thriller!
2024 Finalist of The International Book Award for Visionary Fiction! 
"The Well" has WON 2024 American Fiction Award for Adventure:General!!!
And was a finalist for Thriller:General!

 

Interviews & Reviews


Best Thrillers reviewed The Well and praised "Combining the academic heft of Terry Hayes’ classic bioterror thriller I am Pilgrim, and the metaphysical glow of The Celestine Prophecy, Chapman seems poised to carve out his own lane within the literary landscape. 

Shepherd.com invited R. Chapman Wesley to share "The best books about suspenseful spiritual transformation." Click here to read the article.

Africans Americans on the Move Book Club interviewed R. Chapman Wesley about The Well. For the full interview, click here.

Midwest Book Review reviewed The Well, praising it as a "...a story that reads like a mystery, holds the back-and-forth globetrotting tension of a thriller, and creates unusual associations between military and scientific special interests as new possibilities are pursued."

IndieView interviewed the author about The Well. 

Readers Favorite reviewed The Well: "Featuring vivid action sequences, mystery, and intrigue, The Well is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that action lovers shouldn't miss out on." For the full review, click here.