Black Swan Effect

Remus Lupin keeps finding himself caught in the middle of Black family dramas.The thing is, he doesn't ask for any of it, not if he can help. But he can't resort to ignorance, either, especially where Sirius Black is concerned.These people, oh well — they are a lot to handle. Walburga, face veiled, wreaking terror with her dicephalic crow; Narcissa, carved out of ice, a Snegurochka with a box of secrets; Regulus, blank-faced perfectionist, a promise-keeper to the bitter end… And Sirius. Sirius is the periphery and the centre. Sirius is everything everywhere all at once. “Mr. Lupin,” interrupts the Black patriarch, amused. “Did you just happen to call me ‘Father-in-law’?” A story in which Remus tries not to wreck havoc, Sirius is cursed with a swan metaphor, and the Black brothers bet on whether House Black will survive the 20th century.