RUMOUR HAS IT ARTEMIS FOWL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY MAJOR CRIME OF THE NEW CENTURY. Just twelve years old and already he’s a criminal genius, plotting to restore his family’s fortune with a spot of corruption and kidnapping. Kidnapping a fairy for ransom, to be precise. Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous – and extremely high-tech – fairies. But he may have underestimated their powers. They will fight back. Is the boy about to trigger a cross-species war? Author: Eoin Colfer