Harry Potter is an ‘over the hill’ hero who has been wounded and left to write his memoirs until he receives a surprising invitation that will take him back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There he will embark on a new quest to save those he cares for and rescue his world from a dark menace not unlike the old. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, George and Fred reunite to fight the new and terrifying peril. This adventure story was written before book six.

The Potters visit Diagon Alley on the way to their new home. Fred and George give sound advice to a worried Harry.

Harry realizes the challenge he’s been enlisted for and faces his old nemesis.

Hermione tells the tale she tells every year at the start of her Ancient Runes class.

Pity the poor teacher who must instruct the child of an enemy.

I’m a New Englander and we all become rabid anglophiles around the holidays, whether we admit to it or not. It’s something they put in the mulled cider, I suspect. For those of you who are English, you’ll snicker at me for these couple of chapters as I give a nod to an old friend across the pond. Happy Xmas, everyone! Pru

Fred and George search Knockturn Alley for information and clues

Harry, the teacher is surprised to get his own lesson.

Sirius and James inspire the imaginations of their friends in Gryffindor.

i-ro-ny n.(pl.-nies) 2. (of an occurrence) the quality of being so unexpectd or ill-timed that it appears to be deliberately perverse.

The future and past blend together.

Something unexpected should always be expected.

The whole world can change in the blink of an eye.

Harry comes face to face with the truth of his life.

Severus takes the matter in hand and goes hunting for Malfoy.

A summer of waiting.

Voldemort calls to whomever will listen