 say to you all, once again in the
light of Lord Voldemort's return, we are only as
strong as we are united, as weak as we are
divided. Lord Voldemort's gift for spreading
discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it
only by showing an equally strong bond of
friendship and trust."
So spoke
Albus Dumbledore at the end of Harry Potter's
fourth year at Hogwarts. But as Harry enters his
fifth year at wizard school, it seems those bonds
have never been more sorely tested. Lord
Voldemort's rise has opened a rift in the
wizarding world between those who believe the
truth about his return, and those who prefer to
believe it's all madness and lies, just more
trouble from Harry Potter.
Add to
this a host of other worries for Harry:
* A Defense Against the Dark
Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned
honey
* A venomous, disgruntled
house-elf
* Ron as keeper of the
Gryffindor Quidditch team
* And of course, what every
student dreads: end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding
Level exams
...and you'd
know what Harry faces during the day. But at night
it's even worse, because then he dreams of a
single door in a silent corridor. And this door is
somehow more terrifying than every other
nightmare combined.
In the richest installment yet of J. K.
Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter confronts
the unreliability of the very government of the
magical world, and the impotence of the
authorities at Hogwarts.
Despite this (or perhaps because of it) Harry
finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond
what even he knew; boundless loyalty and
unbearable sacrifice.
Though thick runs the plot (as well as the
spine), readers will race through these pages, and
leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the
next train back. | 
