Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of the magical events of Inkheart, and the story whose characters strode out of the pages to change her life forever. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater torn from his world of words, the need to return has become desperate. When he finds a corrupt storyteller with the magical ability to read him back, he sets in motion a dangerous reversal. It will see the characters of Inkheart transported to a charmed Inkworld: a volatile place threatened by rebels, rivals and danger.