Artemis Fowl · Book 1
Artemis Fowl
- Published
- 26 April 2001
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN-13
- 9780241491126
- Type
- novel
About this book
Artemis Fowl opens the series in 2001, introducing twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II, who works out that fairies are real and kidnaps one for ransom to rebuild his family's fortune. At 288 pages, it launches a heist-thriller take on fantasy that pits technologically advanced fae against a genuinely amoral young protagonist.
Its place in Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl is book 1 in the Artemis Fowl series. It is followed by Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345804181
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9789047500445
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781484486658