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A Harry Potter series composed of
BOOK 1: Iron & Decaying Dreams (in progress)
BOOK 1.5: The Best Minds (upcoming) (a seven-chapter anthology exploring the characters left behind)
BOOK 2: Myth & Legend (upcoming sequel to I&DD)

SERIES SUMMARY
Harry Potter is, above all, lost after the war, as he finds himself imprisoned within the walls of Grimmauld Place entirely of his own volition, questioning his place in the world now that he is more legend than human being.
Upon entasking himself with learning more about the wizarding world, he stumbles upon a book that changes everything, and he learns of the ultimate secret he had never been privy to: soulmates are real, and his is Tom Marvolo Riddle. But not the version he has fought and bled for, the man he has killed — rather, a Tom Riddle from another universe entirely.
Unable to let go of the yearning for answers that is raging on inside him and having learned of the real purpose of the Veil, Harry crosses dimensions, only to find a reality very close to his yet so undoubtedly different. Tom Riddle is charismatic but detached, powerful yet misguided, and Harry quickly realizes that the only way forward is to break Tom’s network of allies one by one, whatever it takes.
He just isn’t counting on the arrival of a very hurt and furious Hermione Granger, who is searching for him as well as her own mystery’s answers, and together they are both confronted by a web of complexity neither could have ever imagined possible — a road that can only lead two ways: toward redemption... or destruction.
Those left behind, too, have their own stories to tell and roles to play in their reality, their stories clashing with those of parallel universes, their chosen life paths proof of all the ways things could have gone differently — proof that circumstances can influence even the most minute of decisions.
And after their journey has been conquered, Harry, Tom, Hermione, and the friends they’ve made along the way, at what seems like the end of all strife, will find that they still have one more prophecy to fulfill, something they cannot run away from — something that, for better or for worse, can change the fate of — or even end — all magical universes once and for all. They know they won’t come out of this unscathed, choosing to put everything on the line for a victory, but to succeed, they will need to find within themselves something only those still living can muster: the will to survive, and to make the right — and, most of all, difficult — choice.

•If you like introspective storytelling, explorations of complex characters, topics, and emotions, original mythology that expands on canon, the slow build of the relationships and world within the narrative, and stories with multiple POVs and protagonists where everyone gets their chance to shine and evolve, this series might just be the perfect fit for you.