Solara Thorne-Fable has spent most of her life protected from the world. At eighteen, the only daughter of Anita Thorne and Constantine Fable finally attends Hogwarts properly. She already knows the castle from summers spent privately tutored there, exploring secret passages, pestering professors, befriending house-elves and magical creatures, and somehow becoming friends with Hank the Giant Squid. Most students, however, have only heard whispers about the mysterious Thorne-Fable daughter who never attended school. Becoming a Gryffindor means Solara finally gets Hogwarts for real: classes, parties, Quidditch, friendships, rivalries, romance and freedom.