Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel.
'You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realising that you are in the presence of a true original' The Times
โAnother marvellous tale by the king of fantasyโ 5-star reader review
'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.
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone.
Praise for the Discworld series:
'[Pratchettโs] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday
โPratchett is a master storytellerโ Guardian
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyoneโ Daily Express
โOne of the most consistently funny writers aroundโ Ben Aaronovitch
โMasterful and brilliantโ Fantasy & Science Fiction
โPratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times
โThe best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph
โNothing short of magicalโ Chicago Tribune
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX
โ[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world...There's never been anything quite like itโ Evening Standard
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