Merope decide di partorire all'Ospedale di San Mungo. Cosa cambierà? O meglio, cosa non cambierà? Scopriamolo attraverso un romanzo di formazione con protagonista Laurie Langton, Prefetto di Corvonero nel 1944, quando di Prefetti ne nominavano ancora tre per Casa e non sei. Grindelwald ha appena finito di attraversare l'Europa e la Gran Bretagna sente l'eco dei suoi discorsi: così

A year after leaving Hogwarts, Tom Riddle has already set off to transform himself into the ultimate dictator: one who cannot die. In the making of his immortality, however, Tom meets two inquisitive young girls, one of which turns out to be his cousin on his father's side. Unbeknownst to him, they'll be the cause of a fatal instant of weakness, which will determine his unmaking.

The Doctor lives long. He knows and remembers each and everyone of his companions: their faces, their voices, what they've shared together. He wants them to stay forever with him, he wants them to get to know him, because he wants to be known, and listened to. But, at some point of the travelling, they all go away and move on. The Doctor manages to move on, too. But does he always?