Artemis Fowl · Book 9

Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian

Published
10 July 2012
Pages
336
ISBN-13
9780141346731
Type
novel
Cover of Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian

About this book

Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian closes out the series in 2012 as its eighth and final book, running 336 pages and concluding the escalating fairy-world plot threads -- especially around Artemis's father -- that built continuously across all eight novels.

Key facts about Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian

Eoin Colfer wrote Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian, a novel on our list. It has been out since 10 July 2012. The book has 336 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780141346731 to find the main one.

Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian is book 9 of 9 in the Artemis Fowl series. The series has 9 published books. However, the series starts with Artemis Fowl (2001). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.

Additionally, Eoin Colfer writes The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, W.A.R.P. and The Fowl Twins as separate series. Those series sit on our science fiction and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Firefox Moon is the latest published Eoin Colfer book on file, from 11 November 2025.

About Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer is an Irish author born in 1965 in Wexford, the son of a teacher and historian and a drama teacher, who worked as a primary school teacher himself before writing full-time. See every Eoin Colfer book in order.

Its place in Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian is book 9 in the Artemis Fowl series. It follows Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex. See the full Artemis Fowl reading order.

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl II is a genius, a millionaire, and a criminal mastermind from a long line of Irish crime-family aristocrats, and he's just worked out that fairies are real. Rather than wonder at them, he kidnaps one for ransom, gold being exactly the kind of leverage he needs to rebuild his family's fortune. What follows is less a fairy tale than a heist thriller wearing fairy-tale clothing: fully modern, technologically advanced fae (LEPrecon commandos with hi-tech gadgets, a foul-mouthed dwarf, a…

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