Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Okay, here we see the Harry Potter series start to get serious. Harry returns for his second year at Hogwart's, only to find the Heir of Slytherin has plans to open the Chamber of Secrets and bring murder and ethnic cleansing to the school.[return][return]I'd say this is my favourite of the Potter books. Full of intrigue, mystery, and blood, it takes the fairly shiny world we were introduced to in the first book and tussles its hair a bit. Voldemort's character is explored a bit further, and Harry starts to learn more about his past.