"The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say mysogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby's sex ..."

For the third book Terry decided to put Rincewind aside for a bit and introduce us to the now infamous Granny Weatherwax. For her first book she's without Nanny Ogg and Magrat, the other witches of the later books, but she does have Esk, her granddaughter, who's apparently destined to become the first female wizard. I don't think that this book focuses on humour quite as much as the first two, although there's still plenty of it there. The beginning and end of the book are very interesting but, for me, there were some parts in the middle which were a bit boring. All in all, though, it's worth it. There's something in the first part of the book which just has to be experienced. Maybe it was just me but, well, hopefully you'll see when you get there.

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