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Date: 1987 |
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A story about magic, and the fight between males and females. It's the tale of the disc's first female wizard. |
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Equal Rites |
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Everything starts when the wizard Drum Billet travels to the village of Bad Ass to gives his staff at the moment of his death to the eight child of an eight son. It is well known that such a child will be a powerful wizard, but this assumes the child is a boy... |
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Is this case, the child is a girl named Eskarina. Esk grows up and starts displaying signs of wizard magic despite Granny Weatherwax's best efforts. Now Granny has to get Esk to the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork before she causes serious damage. |
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The Unseen University doesn't know what's going to hit it... |