Sex, heresy, and treason abound as Polycorpus Singularia Plumber, a girl made from pieces in the back rooms of the British Museum, is pressured by her maker into a potentially lethal marriage to a duke. What is poor Polly to do when nothing in her life is what it appears to be, not even herself?

Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.His best friends Ron and Hermione have been very secretive all summer and he is desperate to get back to school and find out what has been going on.However,what Harry discovers is far more devastating than he could ever have expected…