All this books & stuff that isn't what it should all be about. What we need is real wizardry. There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was quite naturally a wizard. & there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into) he had seven sons. & then he had an eighth son.. .a wizard squared.. .a source of magic.. .a Sourcerer. Unseen University has finally got what it wished for: the most powerful wizard on the disc. Which unfortunately could mean that the death of all wizardry is at h&. & that the world is going to end depending on whom you listen to. Unless of course one inept wizard can take the University's most precious artefact the very embodiment of magic itself & deliver it halfway across the disc to safety...