Artemis Fowl - by Eoin Colfer (Hardcover)

About the Book

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a most ingenious criminal mastermind, and heir to the Fowl family empire, a centuries-old clan of underworld figures and famous con artists. When Artemis kidnaps Holly Short, one of the Fairy People, to help him on his quest for gold, he takes on a Fairy world determined to rescue Holly.

Book Synopsis

Now an original movie on Disney+, here is the book that started it all, the international bestseller about a teenage criminal mastermind and his siege against dangerous, tech-savvy fairies.
Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous--and extremely high-tech--fairies.
He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family's fortune.
But he may have underestimated the fairies' powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?
PRAISE FOR ARTEMIS FOWL"Will grab your interest, no matter what your age." - The New York Post
ENJOY THE ENTIRE ARTEMIS FOWL SERIES!

• Artemis Fowl (book 1)
• Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident (book 2)
• Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code (book 3)
• Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception (book 4)
• Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (book 5)
• Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox (book 6)
• Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex (book 7)
• Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian (book 8)

Review Quotes

Praise for Artemis Fowl
"A new thriller fairy tale that will grab your interest, no matter what your age."
--The New York Post

"Colfer has done enormously, explosively well."
--The New York Times

"Artemis Fowl is pacy, playful, and very funny, an inventive mix of myth and modernity, magic and crime."
--Time

"Fun to read, full of action and humor, this is recommended for all public libraries and to readers of all ages."
--School Library Journal

About the Author

Eoin Colfer is the New York Times best-selling author of the Artemis Fowl series, Airman, Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, Eoin Colfer's Legend of... books, The Wish List, Benny and Omar; and Benny and Babe. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.