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Description
Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart , the book whose characters came to life - and changed her life forever. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the original tale has become desperate. When he... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Mortimer Folchart (Mo): Sometimes referred to as Silvertougue. Is a bookbinder who has the ability to read characters out of books.
- Meggie: Daughter of Mo and Resa who has the same ability to read characters out of books like her father.
- Theresa (Resa): Mo's Wife, Meggies mother.
- Elinor Loredan: Resa's aunt, a book collector.
- Darius: Also has the ability to read characters from their books-but damages them if he stutters over the words.
- Fenoglio: Author of the original book Inkheart
- Dustfinger: A fire-eater who was accidentally read out of Inkheart by Mo.
- Farid: A boy read by Mo out of Tales of the Arabian Nights. He is devoted to Dustfinger and has a soft spot for Meggie
- Gwin: Dustfinger's pet, a horned marten intended by Fenoglio to play a deadly part in his original tale of Inkheart.
- Capricorn: The brutal leader of a gang of mercenary fire-raisers, he was read out of the pages of Inkheart.
- Basta: One of Capricorn's most devoted henchmen
- Mortola: Capricorn's mother
- Orpheus: Supposedly has the ability to read and write characters in and out of books. Was discovered in our world by Dustfinger.
First Sentence
Twilight was gathering, and Orpheus still wasn't here.
Table of Contents
Cast of Characters
1. Words Made to Measure
2. Fool's Gold
3. Dustfinger Comes Home
4. Silvertongue's Daughter
5. Farid
6. The Inn of the Strolling Players
7. Meggie's Decision
8. The Minstrel Woman
9. Meggie Reads
10. The Inkworld
11. Gone
12. Uninvited Guests
13. Fenoglio
14. The Black Prince
15. Strange Sounds on a Strange Night
16. Only a Lie
17. A Present for Capricorn
18. Mortola's Revenge
19. Birthday Morning
20. Visitors from the Wrong Side of the Forest
21. The Prince of Sighs
22. Ten Years
23. Cold and White
24. In Elinor's Cellar
25. The Camp in the Forest
26. Fenoglio's Plan
27. Violante
28. The Wrong Words
29. New Masters
30. Cosimo
31. Elinor
32. The Wrong Man
33. Fairydeath
34. Cloud-Dancer's Message
35. Ink-Medicine
36. Screams
37. Bloodstained Straw
38. An Audience for Fenoglio
39. Another Messenger
40. No Hope
41. The Captives
42. A Familiar Face
43. Paper and Fire
44. The Burning Tree
45. Poor Meggie
46. A Knock on the Door
47. Roxane
48. The Castle by the Sea
49. The Mill
50. The Best of All Nights
51. The Right Words
52. Angry Orpheus
53. The Barn Owl
54. In the Dungeon of the Castle of Night
55. A Letter from Fenoglio
56. The Wrong Ears
57. Fire and Water
58. Invisible as the Wind
59. The Adderhead
60. Fire on the Wall
61. In the Tower of the Castle of Night
62. Where To?
63. The Badger's Earth
64. All Is Lost
65. Lord of the Story
66. Blank Paper
67. Kindness and Mercy
68. A Visit
69. The Night Before
70. The Pen and the Sword
71. Only a Dream
72. An Exchange
73. The Bluejay
74. Farid's Hope
75. Alone Again
76. A New Poet
77. Where Now?
Acknowledgments
Series
This is book 2 in the Inkworld Trilogy series.
Authors & Contributors
- Cornelia Funke (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Esther Ottens (Translator) - Translation from German to Dutch.
- Anthea Bell (Translator)
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