Authors: Cornelia Funke
Tags: #Juvenile Fiction, #Fantasy & Magic, #Action & Adventure, #General, #Books & Libraries
Inkspell
Inkheart 02
By Cornelia Funke
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To Brendan Fraser, whose voice is the heart of this book. Thanks for inspiration and enchantment. Mo wouldn’t have stepped into my writing room without you, and this story would never have been told.
To Rainer Strecker, who is both Silvertongue and Dustfinger.
Every word in this book is just waiting for him to read it. And of course, as almost always, last but for sure not least, for Anna, wonderful, wonderful Anna, who had this story told to her on many walks, encouraged and advised me, and let me know what was good and what could still be improved. (I very much hope that the story of Meggie and Farid has its fair share of the book now?)
Table of Contents
Map of Inkworld ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 6
Cast of Characters ………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
Characters in Inkworld ………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
Characters in Inkspell ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
In the Inkworld …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8
In Lombrica ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
At the Castle of Ombra ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
At Roxane’s Farm ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
In Argenta ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10
In the Castle of Night ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
Chapter 1 – Words Made to Measure…………………………………………………….. 11
Chapter 2 – Fool’s Gold ……………………………………………………………………………… 16
Chapter 3 – Dustfinger Comes Home …………………………………………………….. 19
Chapter 4 – Silvertongue’s Daughter …………………………………………………….. 24
Chapter 5 – Farid ………………………………………………………………………………………… 32
Chapter 6 – The Inn of the Strolling Players ……………………………………….. 40
Chapter 7 – Meggie’s Decision …………………………………………………………………. 48
Chapter 8 – The Minstrel Woman…………………………………………………………… 53
Chapter 9 – Meggie Reads ………………………………………………………………………… 60
Chapter 10 – The Inkworld ………………………………………………………………………. 65
Chapter 11 – Gone ………………………………………………………………………………………. 70
Chapter 12 – Uninvited Guests ………………………………………………………………… 73
Chapter 13 - Fenoglio ………………………………………………………………………………… 79
Chapter 14 – The Black Prince ………………………………………………………………… 84
Chapter 15 – Strange Sounds on a Strange Night ……………………………… 90
Chapter 16 – Only a Lie……………………………………………………………………………… 94
Chapter 17 – A Present for Capricorn……………………………………………………. 98
Chapter 18 – Mortola’s Revenge ………………………………………………………….. 103
Chapter 19 – Birthday Morning …………………………………………………………… 108
Chapter 20 – Visitors from the Wrong Side of the Forest ……………… 116
Chapter 21 – The Prince of Sighs …………………………………………………………. 120
Chapter 22 – Ten Years ………………………………………………………………………….. 124
Chapter 23 – Cold and White ………………………………………………………………… 131
Chapter 24 – In Elinor’s Cellar ……………………………………………………………… 132
Chapter 25 – A Camp in the Forest ……………………………………………………… 135
Chapter 26 – Fenoglio’s Plan ………………………………………………………………… 141
Chapter 27 - Violante ………………………………………………………………………………. 146
Chapter 28 – The Wrong Words …………………………………………………………… 154
Chapter 29 – New Masters …………………………………………………………………….. 157
Chapter 30 - Cosimo ………………………………………………………………………………… 160
Chapter 31 – Elinor …………………………………………………………………………………. 166
Chapter 32 – The Wrong Man ………………………………………………………………. 171
Chapter 33 - Fairydeath …………………………………………………………………………. 176
Chapter 34 – CloudDancers Message ………………………………………………… 179
Chapter 35 – Ink-Medicine …………………………………………………………………….. 183
Chapter 36 – Screams ……………………………………………………………………………… 187
Chapter 37 – Bloodstained Straw ………………………………………………………… 189
Chapter 38 – An Audience for Fenoglio ……………………………………………… 196
Chapter 39 – Another Messenger …………………………………………………………. 205
Chapter 40 – No Hope …………………………………………………………………………….. 213
Chapter 41 – The Captives …………………………………………………………………….. 215
Chapter 42 – A Familiar Face ……………………………………………………………….. 222
Chapter 43 – Paper and Fire …………………………………………………………………. 224
Chapter 44 – The Burning Tree ……………………………………………………………. 229
Chapter 45 – Poor Maggie …………………………………………………………………….. 232
Chapter 46 – A Knock on the Door ………………………………………………………. 234
Chapter 47 - Roxane ………………………………………………………………………………… 238
Chapter 48 – The Castle by the Sea ……………………………………………………… 243
Chapter 49 – The Mill ……………………………………………………………………………… 245
Chapter 50 – The Best of All Nights …………………………………………………….. 251
Chapter 51 – The Right Words ……………………………………………………………… 255
Chapter 52 – Angry Orpheus …………………………………………………………………. 262
Chapter 53 – The Barn Owl …………………………………………………………………… 264
Chapter 54 – In the Dungeon of the Castle of Night ……………………….. 270
Chapter 55 – A Letter from Fenoglio ………………………………………………….. 273
Chapter 56 – The Wrong Ears ………………………………………………………………. 276
Chapter 57 – Fire and Water ………………………………………………………………… 281
Chapter 58 – Invisible as the Wind ……………………………………………………… 284
Chapter 59 – The Adderhead ………………………………………………………………… 287
Chapter 60 – Fire on the Wall ………………………………………………………………. 293
Chapter 61 – In the Tower of the Castle of Night …………………………….. 298
Chapter 62 – Where To? …………………………………………………………………………. 302
Chapter 63 – The Badger’s Earth ………………………………………………………… 304
Chapter 64 – All Is Lost …………………………………………………………………………… 309
Chapter 65 – Lord of the Story ……………………………………………………………… 311
Chapter 66 – Blank Paper ……………………………………………………………………… 314
Chapter 67 – Kindness and Mercy ……………………………………………………….. 323
Chapter 68 – A Visit …………………………………………………………………………………. 328
Chapter 69 – The Night Before …………………………………………………………….. 330
Chapter 70 – The Pen and The Sword ………………………………………………… 332
Chapter 71 – Only A Dream …………………………………………………………………… 341
Chapter 72 – An Exchange …………………………………………………………………….. 345
Chapter 73 – The Bluejay ………………………………………………………………………. 353
Chapter 74 – Farid’s Hope ……………………………………………………………………… 357
Chapter 75 – Alone Again ………………………………………………………………………. 359
Chapter 76 – A New Poet ……………………………………………………………………….. 361
Chapter 77 – Where Now? …………………………………………………………………….. 365
Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………………………….. 368
About the Author ……………………………………………………………………………………… 371
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Cast of Characters
Characters in Inkworld
The daughter of Mo and Resa, now living with her parents and her mother’s aunt, Elinor. Like her father, Meggie has the rare magical ability to read characters out of books — to bring them into this world by reading the words aloud. But since meeting Fenoglio, the author of the original book of
Inkheart,
she now dreams of being able to write as well as she can read so that she can not only bring characters out of books but also send them back again.
Mortimer Folchart, known as Mo or Silvertongue
A bookbinder — or, as his daughter calls him, a “book doctor.” Meggie says he can “paint pictures in the air with-his voice.” Since experiencing the awful consequences of reading Dustfinger, Capricorn, and Basta out of their story and almost losing his wife forever, he has avoided reading aloud. Mo is now troubled by his daughter’s dangerous fascination with the world of
Inkheart.
Resa (Theresa)
Mo’s wife, Meggie’s mother, and Elinor’s favourite niece. Resa is now safely back with her family but has still to recover from the years she spent trapped in the Inkworld, her time in service to the evil Mortola, and losing her voice. She tells Meggie of her life on the other side of the pages, scribbling down her memories on paper.
Resa’s aunt, a book-collector, also known as “the bookworm.” Elinor once preferred her books to human company but is now happy to have Meggie, Mo, and Resa living with her. Darius, the book-loving but stammering storyteller, is also now a part of her household.
Formerly Capricorn’s reader in the first book of
Inkheart,
Darius, like Mo and Meggie, possesses the ability to read characters out of stories — but damages them if he stutters over the words.
He now helps Elinor in her library. Basta calls him Stumbletongue.
Fenoglio, also known as “Inkweaver”
Author of the original book
Inkheart,
from which Basta, Dustfinger, and Capricorn came — and, with Meggie and Mo’s help, the writer of the words used to get rid of Capricorn. He disappeared into his own story that same night.
A fire-eater whom Mo accidentally read out of the pages of
Inkheart.
He is also known as “the fire-dancer.” Plucked from his story, Dustfinger has lived in our world for ten years and would risk anything to go home to the Inkworld. At the end of the first book he stole from Mo the last remaining copy of
Inkheart.
He owes the three scars on his face to Basta’s knife and is never without Gwin, his tame marten, or his young apprentice, Farid.
Farid
A boy read by Mo out of
Tales of the Arabian Nights,
he is devoted to Dustfinger. Nimble and quick-witted, he has a talent for stealing and other robbers’ arts, developed in his previous life.
He also has a soft spot for Meggie.
Dustfinger’s pet, a horned marten intended by Fenoglio to play a deadly part in his original tale of
Inkheart.
The brutal leader of a gang of mercenary fire-raisers, he was read out of the pages of
Inkheart.
Unlike Dustfinger, Capricorn enjoyed his time in this world. He made it his business to burn every remaining copy of
Inkheart
in an attempt to avoid ever returning to the story. But eventually, with the help of Meggie and Fenoglio, he is destroyed by Mo.
One of Capricorn’s most devoted henchmen. Superstitious and m love with his knife, he once slashed Dustfinger’s face. At the end of the first book he made his escape, followed by Capricorn’s housekeeper and mother, Mortola.
Capricorn’s mother, also known as “the Magpie.” A poisoner, she kept Resa enslaved for many years as her servant. Her greatest wish is to see Mo punished for what he has done to her son.
Orpheus,
also called “Cheeseface” by Farid
Discovered in our world by Dustfinger, he claims to have the ability to both read and write characters in and out of books. He is an ardent but unreliable admirer of the original story of
lnkheart
.