{"product_id":"9780857664679","title":"If Then","description":"James has a scar in the back of his head. It’s where he was wounded  in the Battle of Suvla Bay on August 1915. Or is the scar the mark of  his implant that allows the Process to fill his mind with its own  reality?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn IF, the people of a small English town cling on after everything  fell apart under the protection of the Process, the computer system that  runs every aspect of their lives. But sometimes people must be evicted  from the town. That’s the job of James, the bailiff. While on patrol,  James discovers the replica of a soldier from the First World War  wandering the South Downs. This strange meeting begins a new cycle of  evictions in the town, while out on the rolling downland, the Process is  methodically growing the soldiers and building the weapons required to  relive a long lost battle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In THEN, it is August 1915, at the Battle of Suvla Bay in the  Dardanelles campaign. Compared to the thousands of allied soldiers  landing on this foreign beach, the men of the 32nd Field Ambulance are  misfits and cranks of every stripe: a Quaker pacifist, a freethinking  padre, a meteorologist, and the private (once a bailiff) known simply as  James. Exposed to constant shellfire and haunted by ghostly snipers,  the stretcher-bearers work day and night on the long carry of wounded  men. One night they stumble across an ancient necropolis, disturbed by  an exploding shell. What they discover within this ancient site will  make them question the reality of the war and shake their understanding  of what it means to be human…","brand":"Ze'ev Shemer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119676604656,"sku":"9780857664679","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857664679_p0.jpg?v=1763828740","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857664679","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}