Dzhym Key, volodar medali Keyt Hrinvey, u tsʹomu ilyustrovanomu vydanni druhoyi knyhy klasychnoyi seriyi Dzh.K. Roulinh — chudovyy podarunok yak dlya viddanykh shanuvalʹnykiv, tak i dlya novykh chytachiv. Na stini mizh dvoma viknamy buly namalʹovani trydtsyatysantymetrovi litery, yaki merekhtily u svitli smoloskypiv:

«TAYEMNA KIMNATA VIDKRYTA. OBEREZHNO, VOROHY SPADKOYEMTSYA!»

Koly durnyy elʹf-domovyk Dobi prohulyuyetʹsya Privit-Drayv i kazhe Harri Potteru ne povertatysya do Hogvort·su, Harri pidozryuye, shcho elʹfa pryslav yoho holovnyy supernyk Drako Melfoy. Koly Ron Vizli ryatuye yoho vid ohydnykh khulihaniv Dursli na zacharovanomu litayuchomu avtomobili, Harri provodytʹ reshtu lita v Barlou. Zhyttya v rodyni Vizli nastilʹky spovnene neymovirnoyi charivnosti, shcho Harri shvydko zabuvaye vidchaydushni zasterezhennya Dobi.

Ale koly pochynayetʹsya navchalʹnyy rik, zlovisni slova, napysani na stini v temnomu korydori, nahaduyutʹ Harri pro prorotstvo Dobi pro te, shcho nezabarom stanutʹsya zhakhlyvi rechi...