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johnridleyMonstrous Regiment by Pratchett
A young lady disguises herself as a boy and joins the army to go search for her beloved but slow-witted brother who she's always looked after, who also is in the army. She discovers (eventually) that nearly everyone in her platoon is a disguised female. Their country (Borogravia) has over hundreds of years attacked all their neighbors multiple times, and the neighbors finally got fed up and allied against them. Borogravia also worships a god who it turns out is dead, and the insane proclamations of what is an "abomination" this week are just death echos. These abomination decrees are slowly turning the country both mad and starving. In the end the women are exposed and nearly hanged, but they wind up gaining for Borogravia what it really wants; to be left alone, to stop fighting, to escape the grip of madness, some help rebuilding.
A young lady disguises herself as a boy and joins the army to go search for her beloved but slow-witted brother who she's always looked after, who also is in the army. She discovers (eventually) that nearly everyone in her platoon is a disguised female. Their country (Borogravia) has over hundreds of years attacked all their neighbors multiple times, and the neighbors finally got fed up and allied against them. Borogravia also worships a god who it turns out is dead, and the insane proclamations of what is an "abomination" this week are just death echos. These abomination decrees are slowly turning the country both mad and starving. In the end the women are exposed and nearly hanged, but they wind up gaining for Borogravia what it really wants; to be left alone, to stop fighting, to escape the grip of madness, some help rebuilding.
