Marla Klusmeyer

My version of ‘Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince’. Narrated with a good dose of dark humour by Hermione, it tells the story of her sixth year at Hogwarts. A fascinating time of her life: now an adult, mature and with a lot more in her mind than ever before. Secrets and plots smash on the absolute worst thing that could ever happen to her …

(The Trilogy of the Serpent – Part III) - Like a Phoenix, a new society emerges out of the ashes of Voldemort’s defeat, after justice and revenge have run their parallel courses. An ancient wound will be healed, together with so many fresh ones. Hogwarts never felt so empty, and yet was never so full of new residents and unexpected promises, even to the disenchanted eyes of Professor Severus Snape, ghost.

He spat, unable to contain his disgust any longer. Not easy, being firmly tied to a stone floor, arms and legs stretched to the point of snapping the joints.``‘My Lord, what have I done to deserve such humiliation?’ He was pretending to be pleading, and not doing a very good job at it.``‘You know what you have done, Lucius. Why don’t you share it with us all? It may make you feel better.’

Her breathing was fast and shallow, filled with anticipation and excitement. Nothing else could arouse her anymore – not after Azkaban. How long had it been? She honestly didn’t know. She had been there for centuries, it seemed. The Dementors had fed on her, on her memories. On the stream of pain which had once flown from her wand. But they had given her something back, to hold on to, to survive. Now it was all that was left of her. It would carry her for another day - another kill.

(The Trilogy of the Serpent – Part II) – A very difficult sixth year at Hogwarts has just ended for Hermione. After finding her wizard parents she had no choice but to join them in becoming a Death Eater. Now, if only this could be kept between herself and her diary ... It will be another year of nightmares, full of surprises and challenges: a new home, a new house in Hogwarts - a new name ... or maybe two.

(The Trilogy of the Serpent – Part I) – In the summer following her fifth year at Hogwarts, Hermione begins reading a book she shouldn’t read. As a consequence she discovers things about herself, disturbing things: she is not a Mudblood and she is a born Animagus. Her Diary of Nightmares and Bad Luck becomes the mirror of her fears, of her transformation into an age-old monster she will have to tame. She will find help and love in the unlikeliest of people. She will find her wizard family, at the end, and more ...