Skipshock

<p><b>MARGO AND MOON WERE ON TWO DIFFERENT TRAINS, IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.<br>THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE MET – BUT THEY DID.<br>AND NOW THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.</b><br><br><b>A dazzlingly inventive sci-fi fantasy romance from the bestselling Irish author of <i>The Rachel Incident </i>and host of Sentimental Garbage, now available in paperback.</b><br><br>“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 <i>Our Infinite Fates</i> <br><br><i>"Skipshock</i> 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<br><br><i>WINNER of the Children's Books Ireland Judges' Special Award</i><br><i>Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards</i><br><i>Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards</i><br><br>---<br><br>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.<br><br>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?</p>