Artemis Fowl builds a supercomputer from fairy technology, and a ruthless businessman steals it
A stolen supercomputer
Artemis Fowl, the teenage criminal mastermind, has built a powerful little computer from stolen fairy technology, called the C Cube. He plans one last great deal: he will meet a ruthless Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro, and offer to sell it. But the meeting goes badly wrong. Spiro takes the Cube, and Artemis's loyal bodyguard Butler is badly hurt while protecting him.
Who will enjoy it
Readers aged about ten to fourteen, and older fans, who enjoy fast, funny fantasy heists with gadgets, clever plans and a brilliant antihero.
What you will get
A fast, funny and inventive heist adventure in which Artemis must outwit a ruthless villain, with clever plans, fairy gadgets and real heart.
The Eternity Code Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Children’s Books · Fairies · Heist · Technology
Length
384 pages · ≈ 11 h
More about this book
If Spiro learns how to use the Cube, the secret world of the fairies could be exposed, so Captain Holly Short and the fairy police have every reason to help. Artemis, shaken by what happened to Butler and determined to make things right, plans an elaborate break-in at Spiro's high-security tower in Chicago. His team includes Holly, the irrepressible tunnelling dwarf Mulch Diggums and Butler's younger sister, Juliet.
The heist is packed with twists, double-crosses and Artemis's typically outrageous schemes, and the banter between characters is as entertaining as ever. The book also shows Artemis beginning to change, as he realizes how much he owes his friends and how far he has been willing to put them in danger. There are some tense and dangerous moments, but the tone stays light and the violence is not graphic.
Clever, funny and satisfying, with an ending that changes Artemis's relationship with the fairies, followed by The Opal Deception. Many fans consider it one of the best books in the series, and it works well even for readers who have only read the first book. About 384 pages in the Disney Hyperion paperback.
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