Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
review by Paul C.

Twelve year-old Artemis Fowl is a genius. He is smarter and can outwit the age's premiere scientists and create and hatch impossible plans. He has recently found a new species on Earth, underground. He discovered the world of fairies, goblins, dwarves, trolls, pixies and more. He manages to get a hand on a book that unlocks the entire fairy world to him. He stumbled upon the Book, the fairy bible. It has the laws, rules, and rituals of all fairy kind, and he now has them all. The book was first in Gnommish, the fairy language, but Artemis (being Artemis) hacked and hacked at it and translated the entire language.

He sent messages across the world using the words 'magic', 'fairy', and other fairy-life related words that attracted the LEP (the fairy 'police') to him. He manages to kidnap a LEP officer (Holly) and plans to hold her hostage until Artemis gets what he wants from the fairy people: gold. His father has a motto, "Gold is power", and Artemis lives by it.

The fairy people try to use their fairy technology to strike down the fire before it begins, but it was too late as Artemis got his hands on one of their officers. He now is in a battle against the LEP, their futuristic technology, and the verge of two species clashing together.

Eoin Colfer kicks off this series with a thrilling story thats loaded with excitement, fun, and adventure all wrapped into one. This gets your adrenaline pumping even though you're just reading a book!