In the forest harry comes upon a hooded man drinking unicorn blood the man tries to attack harry but harry is rescued by a friendly centaur who tells him that his assailant was voldemort harry also learns that it is voldemort who has been trying to steal the sorcerers stone harry decides that he must find the stone before voldemort does. Harry potter is actually a series of seven epic fantasy novels authored by the british writer j e rowling the series called after the titular character chronicles the activities of a youthful wizard harry potter and also harry potter and the sorcerers stone book 1 a full summary more. When harry learns the sorcerers stone is hidden in the school and voldemort wants it to acquire immortality he tries to find a way to protect it this leads to a showdown where ron plays a deadly game of chess and hermoine works through a deadly game of logic while facing a wall of fire. A mystery at hogwarts emerges sending harry and his friends on a quest to uncover secrets regarding a stone that grants immortality and ultimately leading harry back to the night his parents died this first novel in a series of seven was published in england under the title harry potter and the philosophers stone