The second book in the 'Inkheart' trilogy. Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of the extraordinary events of 'Inkheart', and the story whose characters strode out of the pges and changed her life forever. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater created from words, the need to return to the original tale has become desperate, and he leaves behind his young apprentice, Farid, and plunges back into the Inkworld of his past. Farid seeks Meggie's help, and soon they also find their way inside the book. There they meet Fenoglio, the author of the original 'Inkheart', now living within his own story - but it is much changed, and threatening to evolve in sinister ways. Can Meggie, Farid and Fenoglio 'write' the wrongs of a charmed world about to be fought over by rival princes and rebels?