Science, fiction and semi-factual scare stories for our time

Author Alex Scarrow talks to Carl Dixon ahead of his appearance at the West Cork Literary Festival

BRITISH author Alex Scarrow writes thrillers that often envisage alternative realities which are sometimes quite dark and unsettling. His first novel, A Thousand Suns, begins with a trawler finding a B17 bomber aircraft containing a terrifying secret from the Second World War.

In a similar vein, his extremely successful Time Rider series for teenagers — his sixth book will come out in August — features a team of time-riders who are rescued from death and work in a secret agency preventing illegal time travel from impacting on normal time.