The Fountain Society

Hardcover | 21 October 1999

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A veteran of more than thirty films, Wes Craven has become a household name synonymous with inventive genius, wit, and inspired, shocking thriller cult classics. Now he brings his wicked talents to bear on the novel of suspense with a spine-chilling tale that will leave readers breathless, a story of breakthrough medical technology run amok, a terrifying government conspiracy, and a life-after-death romance. At the center of the novel is a sinister plot to confer immortality on a select, elite group of government scientists - a plot of such cold brutality and evil that it has been kept secret from everybody, even those who might one day benefit from it. Dr. Peter Jance is a brilliant weapons scientist, dying of cancer just as he nears completion of his greatest invention. Beatrice is his beautiful scientist wife. Dr. Frederick Wolfe is the dark genius who with Beatrice's help, has discovered the secrets of immortality. Elizabeth and Hans, young lovers, healthy and strong, are the unknowing victims of Wolfe's sinister plans. Featuring a unique and fascinating love triangle, and combining the elements of a state-of-the-art medical thriller with those of a great suspense caper, Wes Craven's Fountain Society is a book that chills, thrills, and satisfies like his own movies, building to a climax of unspeakable tension and shock.

Industry Reviews

Movie king Wes Craven is known to most of us as the director of the Nightmare on Elm Street horror series. He makes his writing debut with a far-fetched but exciting medical thriller. Elderly doctor Frederick Wolfe leads the top-secret Fountain Project, which is ostensibly seeking a way to regenerate injured spinal columns. Meanwhile, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Jance is only months away from perfecting a devastating new weapons system for the US government, but pancreatic cancer threatens to put a premature end to his work. Wolfe hits on a way of saving his life - by transplanting Jance's brain into a younger clone. The novel raises some interesting moral questions along the way, but should ultimately be enjoyed for what it is - a rattling good yarn. (Kirkus UK)

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