The war aganist Voldemort is not going well. Hermione scans the pages of the Daily Prophet, reading out terrible news Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and yet.... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth - year students learn to Apparate - and lows a few eyebrows in the process. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are tough, tought Harry recives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half- Blood Prince.