Portal:Discworld/Book of the day/3
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Equal Rites is the third Discworld novel, first published in 1987. It is the first novel where the main character is not Rincewind, and introduces the character of Granny Weatherwax who reappears in several later Discworld novels.
The wizard Drum Billet knows that he will soon die and travels to a place where an eighth son of an eighth son is about to be born. Since such a boy is destined to become a wizard (on the Discworld, the number eight has many of the magical properties that are ascribed to seven in the real world), Billet wants to pass his staff on to him as his successor. However, the child born is actually a girl, Esk (full name Eskarina Smith). Since Billet notices his mistake too late, the staff is passed on to her.
| Preceded by None |
1st Witches Story Published in 1987 |
Succeeded by Wyrd Sisters |
