In Inkdeath, the books' names are directly addressed, translating the three regarding words directly (heart, blood, death).

Meanwhile, the Magpie fatally wounds Moe with her gun (why did she need to read him there if she was only going to shoot him with a weapon from our world? Dustfinger is the personification of 'weltschmerz' and I love the themes of homegoing and what 'heimat' means to him. In volume 2 of the ink world trilogy, the protagonists from the first volume transition into the ink world, where they have to face all sorts of dangerous situations. However, his lieutenant Firefox, disbelieving of the entire concept from the beginning, is chosen to test it. Not only does it mean there's a lot more storylines, but if you know what everyone's thinking and doing *all* the time, it pulls a lot of the tension out of the story.This isn't to say that the emotions aren't realistic, or that the characters don't act true to form, or that the story isn't well-plotted. We are super proud and pleased to announce some very exciting news – the wonderful Cornelia Funke is back with a sequel to the bestselling fantasy novel Dragon Rider!

After Orpheus reads Dustfinger into Inkheart but leaves Farid and the martens behind, Farid turns to Meggie to ask if she can reunite them. When a stranger knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret – when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages. Orpheus, however, claims that he'll read Dustfinger back to life later, but now he wants to check out the Inkworld.The Adderhead decides, as celebration for his wife giving birth to a healthy son, that the prisoners will be released from his cells, but the Black Prince suspects that he instead plans to sell the prisoners into slavery. In Inkspell, Funke does the exact opposite and throws her characters into the Inkworld; the world of Inkheart.