title: Unofficial "Half-Blood Prince" Update: News and Speculation about Harry Potter Book Six by J. K. Rowling
author:  W. Frederick Zimmerman 
description: "Kudos to the author for... providing a very well written book full of interesting and pertinent information..." -- <i>Mimi Cummins, HP6book.com</i><br /><br />"Well done." -- <i>Professor Glitch ErrorWeaver</i><br /><br />Great read with lots of analysis and lots of information you won't find on many fansites or most places online. -- <i>Andrew from Mugglenet</i><br /><br />HPANA recommended book! -- <i>Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator (HPANA.com)</i><br /><br />Very well laid out ... excellent job of summarizing all the information ... organized ... easy to follow. -- <i>Professor Scoots @ HPANA.com</i><br /><br />very heavily documented ... an important source of information you'll want to refer to over and over again -- <i>Dave Haber, Executive Editor, WizardNews.com</i>
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  # HARRY  
  
  
  POTTER
  
  
  
  
  
  _and the Half-Blood Prince_
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](../Images/title_image.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  J. K. ROWLING
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Logo](../Images/begg.png)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To Mackenzie,
  
  
  
  
  
  my beautiful daughter,
  
  
  
  
  
  I dedicate
  
  
  
  
  
  her ink and paper twin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # — ONE —
  
  
  
  
  
  The Other Minister
  
  
  
  
  
  It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his
  office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without
  leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind. He was waiting for a call from
  the president of a far-distant country, and between wondering when the
  wretched man would telephone, and trying to suppress unpleasant memories of
  what had been a very long, tiring and difficult week, there was not much space
  in his head for anything else. The more he attempted to focus on the print on
  the page before him, the more clearly the Prime Minister could see the
  gloating face of one of his politic