Monstrous Regiment (UK)

'That's the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! They're all guys!' In the small yet aggressive country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. For a start, women belong in the kitchen - not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. And certainly not on the front line. Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Going to war however, is not. Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of a losing battle. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. It's time to make a stand. 'You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realising that you are in the presence of a true original' The Times The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone. 'trousers. That's The Secret...put On Trousers And The World Changes. We Walk Different. We Act Different. I See These Girls And I Think: Idiots! Get Yourself Some Trousers!' Women Belong In The Kitchen - Everyone Knows That. Not In Jobs, Pubs Or Indeed Trousers, And Certainly Not On The Front Line. Polly Perks Has To Become A Boy In A Hurry If She Wants To Find Her Brother In The Army. Cutting Off Her Hair And Wearing The Trousers Is Easy. Learning To Fart And Belch In Public And Walk Like An Ape Takes More Time. And There’s A War On. There's Always A War On. Polly And Her Fellow Raw Recruits Are Suddenly In The Thick Of It. All They Have On Their Side Is The Most Artful Sergeant In The Army And A Vampire With A Lust For Coffee. Well . . . They Have The Secret. And It’s Time To Make A Stand. In the twenty-eighth Discworld novel the Discworld goes to war.It began as a sudden strange fancy... Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time... And now she's enlisted in the army, and searching for her lost brother.But there's a war on. There's always a war on. And Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without any training, and the enemy is hunting them.All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well... They have the Secret. And as they take the war to the heart of the enemy, they have to use all the resources of... the Monstrous Regiment. Women belong in the kitchen - everyone knows that. Not in jobs, pubs or indeed trousers, and certainly not on the front line, braving enemy forces in defence of their country. Then again, there's always a war on somewhere, even if no-one really knows what it's about. Polly cut off her hair in front of the mirror, feeling slightly guilty about not feeling very guilty about doing so.