been a while since I poked my nose into this section --
Personally - I don't think it's too late to add a new baddie *and* wrap up the Voldemort story --
1st - what the heck is left to do w/ Voldemort? Kill him? Yeah - haven't we tried that already? He just comes back - like Murdoch on MacGyver --
2nd - Volde can skip a book and come back in the 7th one -
3rd - who's to say that 7 is the last? Harry's not gonna stop being a wizard just b/c he grad's from Hogwarts - there's the whole rest of his life to work with - what's he gonna do? Is he gonna stay at Hogwarts as a member of the staff? Work for the ministry of magic? Open up some kind of magic shop? Will he get married? Have a family? Travel around the world? Play pro-Quidditch? There's so much he can do once he's done at Hogwarts - not to mention there are tons of other kids heading off to Hogwarts every year - wouldn't it be kinda fun to see Hogwarts through adult Harry's eyes? He could always take a couple years off, then return as a professor of some kind - or something - guest speaker, whatever - and could describe Hogwarts from that viewpoint -- like "Oh, would you look at all these kids? Were we ever that bad, Ron?" ---
Keep it within the spirit of the first 7 books, but continue with the rest of Harry's life -- he could live to be quite old, you know.
