Inkspell
core novel 2005 Inkheart
Record
| Original title | Tintenblut |
|---|---|
| First published | 2005 |
| Original language |  DE |
| First English translation | 2005 |
| Translator | Anthea Bell |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (137,474 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439554008 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Inkspell finds Meggie and her family a year on from the events of the first novel, still shadowed by the dangers their reading ability unleashed, when a corrupt and self-serving storyteller named Orpheus discovers he can use the same power to read several of them directly into the world of the book Inkheart itself. Trapped inside the story's own setting, Meggie and her companions find themselves caught in an escalating conflict between rival kingdoms within the Inkworld, a struggle that grows more dangerous the longer they remain trapped inside it. As she navigates a world she has only ever read about, Meggie begins to discover that her own reading ability may be developing into something stronger and more independent than her father's.
Where it sits
- Universe: Inkheart
- Series: Inkheart core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Cornelia Funke
Notes
- From the series record (Inkheart): A completed trilogy, registered under each novel's original German publication year per this project's translated-work convention (already applied to The Neverending Story). No further Inkworld novels by Cornelia Funke found.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Inkheart: position 2 of 3: previous Inkheart (2003) · next Inkdeath (2007)
Sources
← Inkheart dossier · All universes
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