Monstrous Regiment

It began as a sudden strange fancy . . .<br><br>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 .<br><br>. . And now she's enlisted in the army, and searching for her lost brother.<br><br>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.<br><br>All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well . .<br><br>. They have the Secret. And as they take the war to the heart of the enemy, they have to use all the resources of .<br><br>. . the Monstrous Regiment.