新学期就要开始了，邓布利多教授却来到德思礼家找到哈利•波特，哈利六年级的学习似乎就这样出人意料地开始了。更出人意料的事还在接踵而至，哈利从教室的储藏柜里翻到一本魔药课本，它的前任主人是“混血王子”，从此哈利在神秘“王子”的帮助下成为“魔药奇才”。

邓布利多开始了给哈利的单独授课，在课上哈利经历了几段关于少年伏地魔的惊心动魄的记忆，揭开了伏地魔不同寻常的身世之谜。邓不利多带着哈利去寻找伏地魔的魂器，在遥远山脉的洞穴中，邓不利多喝下不知名的毒药。

霍格沃茨上空出现了黑魔标记，邓不利多和哈利急忙赶回学校，在塔楼上，斯内普向邓不利多教授发出了索命咒，邓布利多仰面掉下塔楼，凤凰唱起最悲壮的挽歌。在葬礼结束后，哈利决定完成邓布利多的遗愿，去寻找剩下的魂器。

This special edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has a gorgeous new cover illustration by Kazu Kibuishi. Inside is the full text of the original novel, with decorations by Mary GrandPré.

The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.
And yet…

As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate — and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it’s the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort — and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.