Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of the extraordinary events of Inkheart, & the story whose characters strode out of the pages, & changed her life for evr. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater, torn from his world of words, the need to return has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the magical ability to read him back, he sets in motion a dangerous reversal that sees the characters of Inkheart transported to a charmed Inkworld, about to be fought over by rival rebels & princes.