This had been sitting on my 'To Read' list for quite a while now, and I got around to it starting yesterday afternoon - 7 hours of reading later, including until 11:30 PM and back up at 5 AM to finish before work.
Wonderful read, while your villains are outrageous, they are not unlike their canon counterparts, just a tiny bit less discrete thanks to Harry's foreknowledge and provocations.
thanks for sharing a truly excellent story.
As an aside, my family moved from Socorro NM to Utah in 67, or we might have been neighbors, and I met several Marines on duty in Beirut when they got R&R in Nimes France in the early 80s - If you were there it is truly a small world.
warmest regards
Author's response
I'm flattered. You took the same amount of time to read this that I wasted on DH. Still, don't lose your job. The story will still be here.
I had to find a careful middle between the comic-book characters Rowling created and the truly horrific villains some FF writers come up with. I wanted Voldy&Co. to be evil, but I didn't want any of my readers to get sick over what they did. Did that make sense?
Thank y9u for your kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying the ride.
Socorro: It's entirely possible.
I didn't get a lot of time off during the three years was in the sandbox. Seems Prez Ray-Gun thought we'd all go UA if we left our posts. (Le Sigh!)
Semper Fi.
Tune in Next time...
Alorkin