Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award

There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror?

Here are just a few things on Harry's mind: A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey; Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team; the looming terror of the end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams…and of course, the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this, he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew, boundless loyalty…and unbearable sacrifice.

read by Jim Dale

REVIEWS

“No, you can't put it down....Rowling has not lost her flair as a storyteller or her ability to keep coming up with new gimcracks to astound her readers. But her true skills lie in the way she ages Harry....a rich, worthy effort that meets the very high expectations of a world of readers.”—Booklist (starred review)

“[A] peerless performance by Jim Dale spins even long passages of exposition into gold....Dale's wizardry transports listeners to places Muggle and magical, and Rowling's inventive plot shifts and fresh characters make this ‘must listening’ for older Potter fans.”—AudioFile