FROM LAB BENCH TO WRITING DESK
Frank Ferrari is a Scottish writer of speculative fiction, where science fiction collides with suspense and intrigue, and memorable characters lead you through dark, thrilling atmospheres. He is the author of With Time to Kill and its sequel The Dying of the Light, as well as Water of Sorrow, co-written with his late father.
Educated in science, Frank was a bench chemist, then spent over a decade working in the commercial pharmaceutical industry before returning to the passion that had gripped him as a child: writing stories. After years of short fiction, he turned to novel-writing during a difficult period in his life, finding therapy and purpose in the process. Out of that challenge, With Time to Kill was born.
Frank writes because he loves to read, and he seeks to offer readers the same escape and immersion that books have always given him. Originally from Perthshire and now living in the Borders – settings that feature in some of his novels – he finds inspiration in the landscapes around him. When not writing, he can often be found walking the hills and forests with his dog, or enjoying time with his wife and young daughter.
SCIENCE AT THE CORE, SCOTLAND IN THE CRAFT. SPECULATIVE STORIES THAT THRILL.


What would you do if all the animals vanished?
What started as just another mundane morning soon turned sinister when Hannah, a nursing graduate and community carer, realises that none of the usual animals she sees on her daily route are present.Â
Then, when she arrives at her first appointment of the day with Steven Prinder, a blind alcoholic with a bad temper and a chip on his shoulder, the news reports emerge.
Soon, Hannah realises something cataclysmic is going on. Something that was foreseen centuries ago, and from which there appears to be no escape…