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  • Although not up to par with his previous work, this lesser Pratchett elicits its share of laughs. The story of young women joining the Discworld army (an age-old practice in the annals of history) is engaging and delightful, yet lacks the typical Pratchett insightfulness which we fans have grown to ... Continue

    Although not up to par with his previous work, this lesser Pratchett elicits its share of laughs. The story of young women joining the Discworld army (an age-old practice in the annals of history) is engaging and delightful, yet lacks the typical Pratchett insightfulness which we fans have grown to love and expect. Worth a read, but will never be one of my favorites.

    

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• ― guaddess said on Sep 22, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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 is 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.

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