With Dustfinger dead and the evil Adderhead in control, the story in which Meggie and Mo are trapped has taken an unhappy turn. Even Elinor, left alone in the real world, believes her family to be forever lost between the covers of a book. But as winter comes, there is reason to hope... if Meggie and Mo can rewrite the wrongs of the past, and make a dangerous deal with death. Startling, powerful and surprising, the nail-biting finale to the Inkheart series is fantasy writing at its best.