The Conscripted Man — Robert Appleton

No matter how hard you try, no matter how far you look, you will never find this shop.
 
It will find you.
 
Dreams, desires, the most outlandish wishes: all are for sale at Esther May Morrow's timeless antiques and sundries store, for the bargain price of...well, that would be telling. You'll have to see for yourself. So come on in. Don't be shy. Make her an offer. She never refuses anyone.
 
There's just one thing I should mention: each purchase comes with an absolute guarantee--no one who leaves her shop will be ever the same again.
 
THE CONSCRIPTED MAN (A Novella)
 
After trying on an authentic WW2 paratrooper's uniform--a present bought for his granddad, who's a war veteran--Christian Smith soon finds himself following in the old man's footsteps ... but for real! He's somehow transported back to Holland, 1944, hours before the start of Operation Market Garden.

But that's not all. Christian has a book in his rucksack--a book his granddad lent him: The Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery. And once ol' Monty gets his hands on that, you can be sure he's going to rewrite history, any way he can...
 
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