Playing truant one afternoon, a schoolboy bumps into his father coming out of the cinema with a woman. It's shattering moment for the boy, but worse, his father is a dissident.
Harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire Dursleys to end. But a small, self-punishing house-elf warns Harry of mortal danger awaiting him at Hogwarts School.
When the Quidditch World Cup is disrupted by Voldemort's rampaging supporters and the terrifying Dark Mark is resurrected, it is obvious to Harry that, far from failing, Voldemort is getting stronger.