Inkspell

A year has passed, but not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life. Resa is back, but she has no voice. For the fire-eater Dustfinger, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller to read him back, he abandons his apprentice Farid, and plunges into the pages. Soon Farid convinces Meggie to read him into the book so he can warn Dustfinger of Basta, and then become his apprentice once more. But this time, Meggie has figured out how to read herself and Farid into Inkheart. Suddenly, Mortola, Basta, Orpheus, and a "man built like a wardrobe" barge into Elinor's house, and take Mortimer, Resa, Elinor, and Darius prisoner, while Meggie and Farid have no idea what's happening in the other world. Orpheus reads Basta, Mortola, Mortimer, and Resa into Inkheart. Mortola gets her hands on a modern rifle, and shoots Mortimer. Resa discovers that her voice has come back to her. Resa and Mo are hiding with the strolling players, but now they have discovered that the injured Mo is the mysterious"Bluejay". Now the Adderhead is out to get him, and he is itching to hang him. Mo and Resa are captured, and Mo is unable to escape because of his fatal wound. Fenoglio has plans for the "Book of Immorality". But will it work? Will Mo be hanged as a robber? Or will the story plot catch up with Dustfinger and cause his death? [continues]

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