The more time passes since the last page of Inkheart was turned, the stronger Maggie's desire to penetrate the world beneath its cover. The girl’s mother spent many years there, and Dustfinger passionately dreams of returning there. Its creator himself, the poet Fenoglio, found himself in this world. When Meggie, her friends and her enemies finally meet in the Ink World, the story suddenly begins to develop not according to the laws that the author came up with for it. An ominous threat hangs over all the characters in the book. Will Fenoglio, Meggie and her father be able to help the inhabitants of this world made of words?