chapters 1-5 Summary

The novel Inkdeath follows Mortimer, a bookbinder and master story teller, as he battles the forces of the Adderhead alongside his family and friends. The world Mortimer lives in was created by a writer, and as such many of the characters in the novel come from a different world. In chapter one, Elinor sits in her library, trying to discover how to rescue several friends out of the book Inkheart, which they entered several months ago. Darius enters her library and attempts to comfort her, but she is very rude to him.

In chapter two, Mortimer travels with the Black Prince and his band of robbers. The group caught in a village by the Adderhead's soldiers. Mortimer and the Black Prince defeat the soldiers and travel back to a farmhouse where Meggie and Resa wait for them. Mortimer goes to show...