Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets

The journey continues with the second installment of the smash-hit Harry Potter series: 'Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets'. Alongside the usual characters of the wizarding world Rowling introduces another species known only to wizardkind: the House-elves. Harry is warned of a plot to kill him and when he returns to Hogwarts he finds that a new terror has begun to take hold of the castle and a certain section of students. Follow Harry as he tries to discern the plot to kill him and unmask the person behind all the horrors being visited on the castle and its inhabitants, comes face to face with a phoenix, giant spiders and a deadly tree known as a Whomping Willow. Journey alongside Harry as he discovers the truth behind certain abilities that he possesses all the while enjoying quidditch and magic. The book culminates in Harry coming face to face with Lord Voldemort albeit a much different Voldemort from the one encountered in the previous book. This book lays the foundation for the end of the series as per the author Ms. Rowling.

An excerpt from the book:

The candles burned lower and lower, making the light dance over the
many moving faces of Lockhart watching him. Harry moved his
aching hand over what felt like the thousandth envelope, writing out
Veronica Smethley's address. It must be nearly time to leave, Harry
thought miserably, please let it be nearly time...
And then he heard something - something quite apart from the
spitting of the dying candles and Lockhart's prattle about his fans.
It was a voice, a voice to chill the bone marrow, a voice of
breathtaking, ice-cold venom.
"Come ... come to me.... Let me rip you.... Let me tear you .... Let me kill you . .
. ."
Harry gave a huge jump and a large lilac blot appeared on Veronica
Smethley's street.
"What?" he said loudly.
"I know!" said Lockhart. "Six solid months at the top of the bestseller
list! Broke all records!"
"No," said Harry frantically. "That voice!"
"Sorry?" said Lockhart, looking puzzled. "What voice?"
"That - that voice that said - didn't you hear it?"
Lockhart was looking at Harry in high astonishment.