"For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.

"Now he ahs escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Blacks' downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black mutterin in his sleep, 'He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts.'

"Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst."

I resisted reading these books because of all the hype but am now currently making my way through the earlier novels. As I have hardback copies of them, these need to go to someone else.