This review was previously published in Dark Matter issue 2, January 2011, and predated on this website to reflect the original publication date. Since writing this review, I interviewed Eoin Colfer. I have enjoyed them, as has a lovely elderly lady I know. If you have a teenager, particularly a boy whom you are trying to entice into reading, give him this book. Artemis Fowl is The Stainless Steel Rat for teens, but set in contemporary times on earth with mythical creatures living in hiding from humans.

Although he’d usually rather play computer games than read a book, he has reread these books many times over the years.

My son has grown up with the Artemis Fowl series. The Artemis Fowl series is comedy/action at its best. Artemis’ significant prior exposure to magic makes him susceptible. This complex is caused by guilt, which is common in fairy criminals. To complicate matters further, Artemis has developed the Atlantis Complex, which is somewhat akin to obsessive compulsive disorder with some paranoia and multiple personality disorder thrown in. Artemis, Captain Holly Short (another fairy), Foaly (a centaur), Mulch Diggums (Colfer’s unique version of a dwarf), Butler and Julia (Artemis’ human bodyguard and his sister) are separated and under attack because of the machinations of the evil Turnball Root, a fairy criminal. That is, until the bad guys destroy Artemis’ invention, killing numerous LEP (Lower Elements Police) officers who are fairies in the mythical sense. This time he is intentionally setting out to save the world by slowing global warming with his nano-wafer ice sheet wrapping device.

Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award.Artemis Fowl, criminal genius, is now 15 years old. Winner of the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year Award and Children's Book of the Year at the Children's Book Awards. Artemis Fowl, his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero, was an immediate international best seller and won several prestigious awards. He began writing plays at an early age and, as an adult, continued to write. Can fairy ally Captain Holly Short get devious Artemis back before they strike?Įoin Colfer was born and raised in Wexford, in the southeast of Ireland. And now the subterranean city of Atlantis is under attack from vicious robots and nice Artemis is no use to anyone. Dabbling in fairy magic has led Artemis Fowl to develop the Atlantis Complex (aka multiple-personality disorder). The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (aka multiple-personality disorder) - dabbling in magic has damaged Artemis's mind. But something terrible has happened to him. He wants to present his invention to save the world from global warming. Will the real Artemis Fowl please stand up? Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has summoned an elite group of high-tech fairies to Iceland. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex, the seventh awesome book in the best-selling Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.

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