Harry Potter Returns In New J.K Rowling Book

jonathan

July 8, 2014 6:39 PM

J.K Rowling claims "Happy Porter and the Deathly Hallows" was the last, but this will blow our minds!

Harry Potter is back — mysterious, married, and going gray.

Award winning author, J.K. Rowling has given fans a glimpse of the grown-up boy wizard in a new story posted Tuesday on her Pottermore website.

It's the first update since "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was published back in 2007, but according to Rowling's spokesman Mark Hutchinson, there are "no plans" for a new Potter novel.

The new film is based on a 1,500-word story describing Harry (about to turn 34), attending the final of the Quidditch World Cup with his family and old friends Ron and Hermione.

Harry now has "threads of silver" in his hair and a mysterious cut on his cheekbone, related to his "top secret" work as an evil-battling Auror.

The story is written in the style of a gossip column for the Daily Prophet by reporter Rita Skeeter, a minor character in the novels.

Skeeter observes that Harry and friends are "no longer the fresh-faced teenagers they were in their heyday" and speculates about the state of Harry's marriage to Ginny Weasley.

There are also updates on other characters, including Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood, as well as glimpses of a new generation of teenage wizards.

Rowling has long said that "Deathly Hallows," would be the last Potter novel, but has produced other Potter-related material, including spin-off story collection, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard."

jonathan