The Spellmakers

Everyone knows that there are no women wizards. A woman's lot is witchcraft. However, a wizard can be the eighth son of the eighth son. That's why one dying wizard was honestly planning to pass on his staff and his... powers to a newborn boy. Who is to blame that the infant unexpectedly turned out to be a girl? Thus, little Eskarina becomes part of the male world and turns it upside down. With the help of her mentor, the fearsome witch Mother Windwisk, she infiltrates the Unseen University and becomes friends with the wizard prodigy Simon. But someone's hungry eyes are watching them from the edge of reality, and it's only a matter of time before these ghastly observers break into our world...