When Ink Goes Dry weaves historic events of the mid-1990s in Tashkent and New York City into a fiction novel. Nelly, a young woman living in modern Tashkent learns that her father lost a business deal and offered her as repayment to his American business counterpart.

Refusing to obey, Nelly goes through a journey that leads her to all the wrong places. She wants to know why the life supply of her region, the Aral Sea is drying up. Water, the ink that writes the story of where life can exist, fascinates her, and ultimately becomes the focus of this story. Along the way, Nelly makes selfless sacrifices, rekindles childhood friendships, but also loses dear relationships in unexpected ways.