The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony handon his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of aneighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not tosay misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-bornbaby's sex...This is a third hilarious adventure by the author of TheColour of
Magic and The Light Fantastic.