2025 Literary Titan Award Winner!

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!
2024 eLit Bronze Medalist for Book Website!

"A Fountain for Life, or a Pool of Death"

Professor Anatoly Popov, an esteemed virologist and Russian-born defector, steals the world's deadliest virus from a U.S. counter bio-terrorism lab. His aim - to alter its properties with the remains of an interstellar meteorite to create a universal Cure, based upon an ancient Chinese legend.  But the theft sets off a murderous clandestine multi-national competition for the ultimate bioweapon. Now with his time running out, Popov must pin his hopes upon Cmdr. Rex Lee, an ex-Seal medic and novice physician-scientist, and a desperate search mission in the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil to restore the promise of THE WELL.

"For fans of works like The Alchemist and Dune, The Well offers a similar fusion of philosophical depth and imaginative breath...This is not just a story–it's an experience, one that challenges, inspires, and enthralls. It is a must read for those seeking a compelling and meaningful literary journey." – Literary Titan

"The Well  is a fictional adventure filled with spiritual and mystical twists and turns with more than enough reality to live in our story today."
– Dannion Brinkley, New York Times best-selling author of Saved by the Light

"a mythical story, paralleling the cataclysmic issues of our time." 
– James Redfield, New York Times best-selling author of The Celestine Prophecy

Foreword by James Redfield, author of the Celestine Prophecy.

"The Well,... a feat of mythical storytelling..."
– Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha, Author of “Tao Classics of Longevity and Immortality: Sacred Wisdom and Practical Techniques.” 

"The Well...combines the kinds of mystical and magical mysteries found in the DaVinci Code with the type of literary phantasmagoria found in Raiders of the Lost Ark."
– Dr. Richard Allen Williams, Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, UCLA School of Medicine

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. 

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."

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.

Read the Foreword by James Redfield
Read the Foreword by Master Sha
Read the Full Endorsement from Dr. Richard Allen Williams
Q&A with Author

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