Rocket to the Past: Rainhill: 1 - Softcover

Carmody, S. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1918259135 ISBN 13: 9781918259131

Publisher: KMCS Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

In five days, the Brighton bombing will destroy her family. Liz Marsh has one chance to stop it, if she can survive 1984 long enough to try.

Dr Liz Marsh has spent her life outrunning a past she never chose. The daughter of an IRA bomber, orphaned at eighteen, she has lived with scandal and the long memory of a village that never forgot.

Everything changes when a stranger presses an antique brass key into her hand and whispers her childhood nickname. Hours later, Liz is pulled back to 7 October 1984. Rainhill looks familiar, but nothing fits. The shops belong to another era, the cars are wrong, and standing in the doorway of her old home is her mother, alive and furious.

Liz has not returned by accident. Five days from now, the Brighton bombing will set in motion a chain of events that will destroy her family. Her father will be drawn into something he never understood. And the only way home may be to confront the truth that was buried for a reason.

Rocket to the Past: Rainhill is the first novel in a time-travel series about history, consequence, and the moments that shape a life.

If you could rewrite the moment that broke you, would you dare?

About this title

About the Author

S. A. Carmody is a UK-based author and publisher whose work spans fiction, non-fiction, and modernised editions of classic texts. Born and raised in Rainhill, near St Helens in Merseyside, she later moved to Leeds where she lives with her family. Her writing draws on a wide range of life experience, including work in journalism and political communication, and reflects her deep engagement with contemporary issues. She is also the founder of KMCS Publishing.

Edition details

• Publisher: KMCS Publishing
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1918259135
• ISBN 13: 9781918259131
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262