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Christmas, 2009.
It was a simple run, a lift job for a Soviet wizard looking for a way out, just before the year went out. Even if it was in unfamiliar environs for British Intelligence, it didn't need two Gravetenders, let alone the most experienced ones. Yet a simple run never turns out simple, and Harry Potter finds his partner dead by his hands, and himself up for promotion for doing it. Over the holidays, Harry grapples with guilt, purpose, and the decisions that sent him down this path long ago. As always, the recently-single and ever-reliable Hermione Granger is there to help him find his way.
Meanwhile, a high-stakes summit is convening in Vienna to determine the future of the wizarding world in an era where CCTV and social media pose an existential threat to the Statute of Secrecy. In the sunless alleyways of Innere Stadt, a shadow from the past knocks over the first domino in a plan that will reverberate across Europe and may upend the old order once and for all.