Together with her great-aunt Elinor, Dustfinger - a fire-eater, Farid - a boy called from the book Arabian Nights, Fenoglio - the writer of Inkheart and a horned marten named Gwin, Meggie and Mo try to destroy Capricorn and his evil army.
The United Mine Workers in 1903 send Joe Fenoglio to organize the Italian workers, thus beginning the Thurber Coal Miners Strike.