Artemis Fowl's criminal ways have finally got the better of
him...Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic to mastermind the
most devious criminal activity of the new century.
Now, at a conference in Iceland, Artemis has gathered the
fairies to present his latest idea to save the world from global warming.
But Artemis is behaving strangely - he seems different.
Something terrible has happened to him ...Artemis Fowl has become nice.
The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (that's obsessive
compulsive disorder to you and I) - it seems dabbling in magic has damaged
Artemis' main weapon: his mind.
Fairy ally Captain Holly Short doesn't know what to do. The
subterranean volcanoes are under attack from vicious robots and Artemis cannot
fight them.
Can Holly get the real Artemis back - before the robot
probes destroy every human and life form?
This eagerly-awaited adventure is now out in paberback with
a fabulous new cover-look to celebrate ten years of Artemis action.
About the author
Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) is the New York Times
best-selling author of the blockbuster Artemis Fowl series as well as Airman;
Half Moon Investigations; The Supernaturalist; Eoin Colfer's Legend of...
books; The Wish List; Benny and Omar; Benny and Babe; and Illegal, a graphic
novel. He was born in Wexford on the southeast coast of Ireland in 1965, where
he and his four brothers were brought up by his father (an elementary school
teacher, historian and artist of note) and mother (a drama teacher). He first
developed an interest in writing in primary (elementary) school with gripping
Viking stories inspired by history that he was learning in school at the time.
Eoin got his degree from Dublin University and qualified as
a primary school teacher, returning to work in Wexford. He married in 1991 and
he and his wife spent about 4 years between 1992 and 1996 working in Saudi
Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. His first book, Benny and Omar, was published in
1998, based on his experiences in Tunisia; it has since been translated into
many languages; a sequel followed in 1999. In 2001, the first Artemis Fowl book
was published worldwide to much success - shortly thereafter he left teaching
to concentrate fully on his writing.
To this day, Eoin has written 8 Artemis Fowl books which
have sold over 12 million copies worldwide.
