Harry Potter and the Tides of Mars

by order17

This story takes place after book 6 and is meant as a replacement for book 7. As the Order prepares to destroy Horcruxes and take on the challenge of a war without Dumbledore, they will meet old and new allies and face the horrors of dark magic. Warning: I do not follow the death toll of the books. If someone has to die for the sake of the story, it will happen and it will hurt!

1. Preface

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country Hamlet, Act III, Scene I [To be, or not to be]
William Shakespeare, 1564 1616