by Eoin Colfer

 

This is the third book in the series.

 

After being held prisoner for years, Artemis Fowl's father has finally come home. He is a new man--an honest man, much to Artemis's horror. He makes his son promise to give up his life of crime, and Artemis has to go along with it. But not until he has completed one last scheme.

 

Artemis has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. Called the 'C Cube', it will render all existing human technology obsolete. He arranges a meeting with a powerful Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro, to broker a deal for the C Cube. But Spiro springs a trap - he steals the C Cube and mortally injures Butler. Artemis knows his only hope of saving his loyal bodyguard is to employ fairy magic; so once again he must contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police.

 

It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may just run out.

 

For fans of J.R.R.Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, and Philip Pullman, Artemis Fowl is a high-tech fantasy, mixing faries, leprechauns, and computers, in a brilliant, thrilling story that is destined to become a cult favorite.

 

Eoin Colfer's first novel, Benny and Omar, was an instant bestseller in Ireland where he lives, and Artemis Fowl, his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller.

 

Paperback. 302 pages.

 

Age 12+