The captivating sequel to INKHEART the critically acclaimed international bestseller by Cornelia Funkeavailable for the first time in a beautifully designed trade paperback Although a year has passed not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of INKHEART the book whose characters became real. But for Dustfinger the fireeater brought into being from words the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the ability to read him back Dustfinger leaves behind his young apprentice Farid and plunges into the medieval world of his past. Distraught Farid goes in search of Meggie and before long both are caught inside the book too. But the story is threatening to evolve in ways neither of them could ever have imagined. show more