Skipshock

Margo and Moon were on two different trains, in two different worlds.

They never should have met — but they did.

And now they are running out of time.

A dazzlingly inventive sci-fi fantasy romance from the bestselling Irish author of The Rachel Incident and host of Sentimental Garbage, now available in paperback.

"Caroline O'Donoghue is one of our very best writers; wildly inventive, shockingly smart, with characters so fresh and achingly human you'll follow them anywhere." — Laura Steven, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates

"Skipshock isn't just a book. It is, literally, a new world to dive into, and one so exquisitely conjured that you feel you live there for a while. A suspenseful, romantic, charming and really unique tale." — Matt Haig

WINNER of the Children's Books Ireland Judges' Special Award

Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards

Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards

Margo is on a train when she slips into another dimension, passing from the height of Irish summer into the chill of an alien winter, from a 24-hour day to one that begins and ends in just six hours. From a stranger on the train — a travelling salesman by the name of Moon — she learns that New Davia is part of a world scarred by uprisings, travel bans and world sealings. Power is determined by time — who has it, who doesn't, and who has the freedom to travel between time zones.

Can Margo find a way to get back home — or will she choose to stay in a world where her youth is slipping away faster than ever before, but where she may have found the only person with whom she would choose to spend eternity?