Whilst the storyline of the new novel is a closely guarded secret, the publisher has said that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is 'a delight', and that J.K. Rowling has written a brilliant and utterly compelling new adventure, which begins with the words: 'The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive ... The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside number four.' We have one further snippet for fans...later in the novel, J.K. Rowling writes: 'Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. "It is time," he said, "for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything." Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is over 255,000 words compared to over 191,000 words in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The new book is 38 chapters long, one more than Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Bloomsbury's edition will be 768 pages long. Publication will come almost three years after the July 8, 2000, release of Goblet of Fire which has sold about 16 million copies worldwide in hardcover and paperback