A woman and family blessed with long life by a newly discovered drug fight to survive against powerful men envious of what they possess.
Would you steal the life of another to live forever?
Fountain of Envy is a story of a woman and family blessed with long life by a newly discovered drug and fighting to survive against powerful men envious of what they possess. The story intertwines events from an age long past into a present day narrative of personal struggle amid societal upheaval.
Chloe Fletcher, a beautiful scientist and single mother, is dying. She futilely experiments with a compound to treat a rare disease that destroyed her mother and afflicts Chloe herself. Nick Weber, a carefree, globe-trotting biologist, travels to a remote island searching for a plant rumored to have medicinal value. A fruit is found, a drug which extends human life is stumbled upon, a romance is rekindled…and a struggle begins.
The drug extends life for a lucky few, and malevolent forces discover that blood stolen from these few will extend the life of others; and these forces take what they covet. A man emerges, claiming descent from a civilization long dead, offering advice and protection. But it will be up to Chloe to alter the fate of a family long suffering from the envy and greed of other men.