The Lance Grows Rusty: A Tale of Research Scientists

Duncan Twort returns to his laboratory bench after a research trip to Spain to find his life is starting to unravel. Over the next few months he has to battle with friends deserting him, unanticipated lovers demanding more of him than any man should give and a deadly disease stalking the workplace. Will he stay at the bench? Is it easier to just walk away? The Lance Grows Rusty is a fictional tale inspired by the decade the author spent working in research science prior to her move to the University of Edinburgh. All profits are going to medical research.