Title: Comes out of Darkness Morn
Author: Lightning on the Wave
About the Book: Pure Awesome, Fiction, Fanfiction, Adventure, Alternate Universe, Psychological (I don't know what else to call it)
My rating: 10/10.
Fandom: Harry Potter
The third in Lightning on the Waves' Sacrifices series. The first was, of course, Saving Connor.
As time goes by, the series changes in flavor. While "Saving Connor" is where the story properly begins, I think "Comes out of Darkness Morn" is the point which actually makes the Sacrifices series what it is: a grim, realistic, strong story. A story in which good characters fall for good reasons, in which delusion shows itself as a major reason for turning 'evil'.
In later parts Harry will demand that his allies think. It's here that we see why: mindless obedience, the tendency to hide one's problems, the tendency to objectify others turn into Big Issues naturally. Some authors would slam their opinions into us like anvils. Lightning on the Wave shows the underdog, shows the functioning of well-intended, badly misled individuals so that they can be understood. Dumbledore becomes a very tangible antagonist from within the school, Harry's brother Connor makes the wrong decisions for the right reasons.
Every character is justified. Voldemort doesn't have just a few plans, but many of them, spreading throughout the series, plans which aren't discovered or foiled as easily as all that. The threat is not just implied, it is very much present. And not only is it present, it's very relatable.
This is the turning point for Harry in this series, where he decides what his further actions, his further life, shall be like. And in the mean time, we have Dementors, Sirius, Peter Pettigrew, some more Voldemort, Albus playing the villain, Lily Potter being very, very scary, Child Services and any number of exciting things.
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