¢ EOIM COLFER'S ice AO ANNO Maan B)s 1A melee a) TaN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL ee COMO PRA ORC RO Men MLL LalOUR STORY BEGIMS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT THE Dawn OF THE TWENTY-FIRST ol aUG Hen Na Young Artemis Fowl is a criminal genius and the USEC U RUE UC ma Rue tat CACO UTe) technologically advanced crimes of this century UTM eM Lemuel Rel MoU ETM GTCM ToL Lar UI Ce Le) (eB Fairy gold. The only thing is, these are not just any old fairies . . Artemis is plotting to hold a fairy to ransom and restore his family’s Silat mesa Me CN eR a RE MMLC MeOH Rael TT) where the fairies are armed and dangerous, the gadgetry is mind- Ge Ue UCU Re eee ede eee Lec aT) Ur el TUM RCN een UA My Lm experienced anything like this Selmore aT ‘Reads like the fastest, punchiest comic strip you've ever come across’ — Daily Telegraph a Rr UCC RCE laa uel LeeroyAdapted by EOIN COLFER & ANDREW DONKIN Art by Giovanni Rigano Colour by Paolo Lamanna 8) PUFFIN BOOKS,How does one describe Artemis Fowl? Various psychiatrists have tried and failed. The main problem is Artemis’s wr intelligence. lle bambooglee every test thrown at him. He has puzzled the greatest medical minds and sent many of them gibbéring to their own hospitals. Tipe is no doubt that Artemis “ic a child prodigy: But why does someone of such brilliance dedicate himself to criminal activities? This is a question that can be answezsed by only one person. And he delights in not talking. Perhaps the best way to create an acclrate picture of Artemis is to tell the by now famous account of his first villainous venture. I have put together €his jreport from first-hand interviews with the victims, and as the tale unfolds yeuewill realize that this was nut easy. This «story began several years ago at ‘fhe dawn of the twenty-first century. Artemis Fowl had devised a plan to restore his ramily’s fortune. A plan that Gould, topple civilizations and plunge the planet into a cross-species war. He was twelve years old at the time RS es Pe aOF course, it had started With the Intemer. Bub then ib alwaye does. of a special book carried by each fary ‘would have an entirely new species to explotr. OF course, shis Dook was Said to be written in Grommish, 20 even If someone could steal a copy, it Would be of absolutely No use to any human. ‘Trawling through gigo of diava, he hadi complied a cazabase from the thousands of references to B] faires he'd found from countries g} all over the world. ach human clization had. ite own term for the People. But there was no doubt that the reports referred to the ame hidden race. It was their Bible, containing the history of their race. It also‘There seams no end to the crowds. Ever the alleyways are ful bo bureting. Cooke smile anc drop fish heads into Woke of rissing ol. There’s a new smell iPP: | : UzArtemis Fowl (lie Second CLASSIFICATION: VERY DANGEROUS NOOR PSEUDONYMS AND ALIASES: Dr. F. Roy Dean Schlippe, Stetan basnkar, Brosey Squire i SPECIALIZED SKILLS Possibly pooseades th of his generation ee ae Butler E > erst wae: : CensoneD cunsstFICaTT Bodyguard BACKGROUND: whe butlers have been serving the Fowl®, 29° centuries. how the nova original savafallezinent aisguiata believe thie) +9 SPECIALIZED SKILLS: see anil barkedenahip, sarkiat arts) {nelEtP? te!pa, energencl EAs Te Latorsueion eeehnoleay, sad Ferdon, ee ooking. The subject nae eretc ba-wevarat tenqesyen; walters’. fo Re studied extensively 6 tote Japanese ceiact Madame No. Spent PEYOTE years working eT ede in Lue egpicnays arene,, tactuding PEINCS for the British and Fresen secret service. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Blue diamond tattoo on shoulder WEAPON OF CHOICE: sig Sauer {QOH ALIASES: Constantin Bashkixy, Colonel. Xavier hee NOWN RELATIONS: guliet—younger ister wthe Major"—nis uncle, pelievad to have been killed when che«And 50 Chicago's district attorney had towatch yet again as Mr. Spiro walked free from court. Problems here proving antticult to solve, The Book is proving more stubborn than | anticipated. a —— ript beforeNEGATIVE TT NIGHT. THEY CRAWL S10? CAl fe "MOTHER". [If v0 You HEAR THEM? ¥ AND INTO MY EARS. To v A THEYRE COMNG ne i FOR ME. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.RENEW THEIR MAGIC, THEY MUST PICK A SEED FROIA AN ANCIENT OAK TREE BY THE BEND N A RIVER DURING 4 FULL NOON. THE LEPRECHALA iS BOUND BY CERTAN RITUALS. VERY SPECIFIC RITUALS THAT T THINK WE CAN USE TO TRACK, ONE DOWN, BUTLER HASN'T ARTEMIS, THE LREADY TALKED TO YOU THING |6....WELL, LEPRECHALNS: ABOUT THIS? ‘YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT REA, DON'T YOU? TRUST ME JULIET. FAIRIES NOT ONLY EXIST, /BUT WITH THE INFORMATION YOU TWO" HAVE HELPED ME TRANSLATE, FAIRIES ARE ABOUT TO HELP ME RESTORE THE FINANCIAL FORTUNE AND THE CRIMINAL REPUTATION OF THE FOWL FAMILY. ALL WE HAVE 10 00 NOW Is. CAPTURE ONE.pe, Nowe: Artemie Fow. senior FAMILY MOTTO Aurun potestas est (Gold is power BACKGROUND: Head of a cciminal onpize that stretched from vuplin’s quckiauds to the backstreets of Tokyo. Fowl Senior also had anbitions to establish himself as a legitimate businessman. G ROIOWN RELATIONS : Angeline Fowl—wifs, and mother of Artemis Fowl the Second RECENT HISTORY Bought @ cargo ship and stocked it with 250,000 cans of cols and set course for Murmansk in northern Russia, The ship, the Fowl Star, was sunk in the Bay of Kola by a stolen Stinger missile fired by the Russia Mariya. artemis Fowl Senior wa reported missing, presumed dead in a avin south of the harbour. YOINES "IMO STILETwake up and it's one of those mornings when I can't quite decide what's annoying me most: ed Or the fact that I still haven't made time te do the Ritual? Or the fact that] know Treally should have? Every goblin. Every gang }] member. Every lowlife and Once upon a time, the uniform would have earned you With the Paar war flaring up again, Tm going to need all the magic I ean get. some respect: Nat any mare. Now youre a target for I | every goblin that ever Fe } | breathed a fireball a. Ym the only female in Recah and no one is going to drive me out. No one.UNDERGROUND. DEEP UNDERGROUND. had been di out of the shallow forts and inte the depth and ¢ the original Atlantis. AndT KNOW WHAT fea/ YOU'RE TANK There's an office betting pool running on how long it'll be before his heart explodesmcomiuc EMERGENCY TRANSMISSION. PRIORITY ONOPS-the nerve centre of Recon. % a centaur genius. Known for Run by Foaly, ovr resident wearing tin hats so human intelligence agencies can’t read his mind. Go figure. Wiscabor= you find Transport to the surface is via titanium pod. They have their own motors, but for an emergency speed ride like I need you get drepped inte a magma flare. Most centaurs are paranoid like this~ maybe because there aren't many of them left. READY. done, and UNATELY FOR HIM.Moths flutter in the starlight: ickets chirp in the rough grass. The breeze is fresh and strong. The shield takes more out of me than I expect Te Caan? Roots right. #1 go into.a human dielling SITUATION CRITICAL! without an invitation, 1 lose all my magic HAMA CONTACT PN CONDS! TM GOING IN. all But there are children in there. Thave to do something ‘Nogative. Hold your position. You do not have an invitation te enter humen premises, n invitation. At a stretch,Fuel from my wing unit starts afire. Ho It kill me, then slaughter everyone else.Pre Te fee, DISOBEYED MY DIRECT ‘ORnER!! YOU KNOW cene Dae WHOLE THNG THROUGH OVELY MEAL WITA YOUR HELMET CAMERA. NOTHING UNUSUAL war WaPreN HAPPENING DLR YOUR SHIELOZ? THE COURSE OF THE EVENNG ‘AT ALL. > GET INVITED A CHILD CALLED Liev To Mé, DION'T YOU? YOU HAVENT COMPLETED THE RITUAL FOR YEARS. YOU DO IT TONIGHT, SHORT. TONIGHT, get that Ritual done. Tuls SHAMBLES You think you can do that ShorsP Withous YOU GET BACK. ing into ary more trouble, | meanP” JEANWHLLE. WELL DONE ON THIS LOVELY RE TO ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. > T give him a look and tell him that I think I can manage that.vom: Captain Holly Short CLASSIFICATION: Elf. Also first and only female Recon officer assigned to the LEPrecon- an elite branch of the Lover Elements Police BACKGROUND: Subject is a city elf born and bred in Raven City. Like all elves, she hac the fairy powers of liealing, tne mesmer, shielding (from hunan sight), as well as the gitt of tongues. carzER: ‘Top pilot in her class at the Academy, where she studied under Wing Commander Vinyaya. Worked traffic detail (nicknamed Wheeliea) for six months. Earned her silver acorns during highly controversial initiation on the island of Tarn Mor, off the Irish coast Turnball Root. fer early car con was blighted by the notorious “Hanburg Incident A Bad setae a eae sce eg ee oe with a group of sinister human occultists who were coin Gensou, The cross-species fallout fron Holly's intervention reed fe full memory wipes, one tine-stop, and several cases of peceanene the humans involved. [Also see the classified Section Eight (QEWGORBH) ~The Hanbury Incident: Applied Evil") WEAPON OF CHOICE: Neutrino 3000CHAPTER 4: ABDUCTION8 2 « 5 g 2i THE RITUAL He knows about the Ritual. This This is catastrophLOCATION ‘A two-hundrea~acrs pocToR PO 3 ecHooL FOR YOUNS: GENTLEMEN sry WICKLOW, IRELAND gt. BARTLEBY" coun’IRELAND. THis FAIRY HARDWARE “THI HELMET SEENG OR BUILT INTO IT. GUESTS COMRADE: CHAPTER 5: OULD STOP THE INSSION RIGHT NOW AND STILL MAKE A FORTUNE IN NEW. PATENTS, Tat JABENESE WHALER Is GTLL TIED UP IN THE DOCK, IEN'T SHE, BUTLER? TWINK IT's swe we Tact OUR DIMINTIVE FRIENDS 4 LITTLE LESSON. missing in action PRODADLY EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. MAPBE YOU'RE NOT THE GENIUS THE ROGUE TROLL |6 DOWN IN A HOLDING CEL. WHATS THis ABOUT, POALY? WITH CAPTAIN SHORT. 6ue'6 cansseD THE ALPS, FLOWN HIGH OVER PARIS — THEN THERE: DOLPHINS — UNTIL THE TRISH COASTLINE. LOOKS FOR MAGICAL HOTEPOTS, LANDS, THEN THINGS SLIDDENLY GO wi 7 tHe equipwenr nT DION'T MALFUNCTION. TAKE A LOOK AT THE FEED FROM HOLLY'S HELMET UNIT. THE MUD, BUT WE'VE STIL GOT SOUND, LISTEN... If you already had ‘magic, you wouldn't be hore to replonich it with tho RitualDUBLIN DOCKS.TELL ME We STILL HAVE HER ME A POD READY.my ankle. If its what Thope nT might‘Dublin, lev's Soventy five. Eighteen seventy-five, “ive got news For you, pory boy. ‘Things have charged Just a bi Uuer Send me an Update, Would your - “Thank you for your genus probebly @ boot or ship, insight, Foaly. lm going ta”Sir, you knowA demonstration of my utter commitment to my goals. ‘Not yot, my fairy friend. 1 brought you ho demon: OF MY OFFICER'S EAR:NAME: Julius Root CLASSIFICATION LBPrecon conmander—knovn for hie likiny vf uuxlous fungus eagars ‘BACKGROUND A cates: cop. He has little respect for authority apart from his own. 9 commandeered the Atlantean ambassador's shuttle on more than one occasion, leading to minor diplomatic incidents. Head of Recon for many Gecades—a nigh-pressure Job given that Recon is a notoriously dangerous posting with a high fatality rate. WEAPON OF CHOICE: Multiphase, water-cooled, tri-barreled blaster vem nEzaTions: ove Sotiercartain sre: GENSOREDINSORED)3am. Time, |i Iitie chat with 0NOTHING 60 GRAND. JUST RICHES. PILL BECOME THE WORLD'S FIRST CROSS-SPECIES THE ACTER T SEPARATE YOU! FROM YOUR HOSTAGE FUND. 1 am oz concerned with ‘us all’ Captain Snore, just myself. And believe re, | wil be perfeozly fine.” Fe = ah er face under control, To. ne neous rr VOIROEL Le pr youn ah ni eet ne Bh lonnsteneo ‘me ‘at Sean YOuNE ALREADY TOD US EVERYTHING WE WANTED 0 KNOW. HAD YOU ON & DRIP FOR OVER SIKTY HOURS. UNTL WE GOT WHAT WE NEEDED. There has been no truth serum, ‘Sut cannot afford to reveal the Book as my source of information. P| This ruse disturbs ‘even me. It feels cruel, IF You KNOW 60 MUCH ABOUT US, THEN YOU'LL RNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY LOGATE IME. TELL ME, 20/, HAVE You EVER MET A TROLL? *You will, Font. You will. Ard woes ‘yOu dor | hope I'm there to $22 mtMe OUND ON THE UIA. INTERPO! THE FOWLS HAVE BEEN RACKETEERING. SMUGGLING AND GENERALLY BREAKING. VERY LAW IN THE ROOK FOR GENERATIONS. RIGHT. FORLY, TM GOING ON WITH LIEUTENANT N HERE AND t YOU ROUND NHOLE MESS UP THE TECHIES AND OUT BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND IN THE Rays OF THE SUN. NMANDER, SOMETHING'S BOTHERING ME. WHY 019 THis HUMAN TELL US WHO HE Was? He KNEW We'D FIND HIM. S BEEN P AHEAD fF US ALL THE WAY, T DON'T THINK THAT This IS ANY DIFFERENT,EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT MNNIMAL LOSS: YOURE TALKIN ABOUT HAPPENS T LIE RINSE IN THAT CASE. ELEMENTS TO OMISED,vail you, TeThe weight of the bed nearly pops my elbows frown their socket. pe ~t i Thear footsteps outside. A GET ME ‘ARE YOU DOING?” SOME TRYING TO KNOCK TA TIRED vecorBLe He HOUSE WAVING At THAT aes DOWN? STUPID CameRa. DONT WANT 2 I WANT SOME IACAL F000. MY BLOOD. NO TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE. AND THERE'S NO NEED 70 BREAK UP THE The thing about fairy bonds is that they have te be very precise. Just saying there was no need to doa thing does not forbid it. And while] may be forbidden to escape from this house, thet doesn't mean I can't get out of this cellSHE MUST BE 4 TRYING TO TUNNEL HER WAY Ou.* WITH THE n. WHAT Ha WRONG At \ HE'S A GOOD OFFICER. A BIT AYBE, BUT WHEN THE SS, HELL 90 THE ING. GONNA HELP? THE Fo vers HE MAKES:They’ Just like the Book Said they siould. Theu'ye stooped time, Try not to think about the possibilty that | have mishudged the situ ard am about to be shot dead. ‘GOOD EVENING. ARTEINS YOUR SERVICE. LEP COMMANDER WL AT ‘imae to check our a theory. Time to send Juliet upstairs with a sleeping pill for Mother. IT SEEMS, SIR, A MA ARAB WHY DON'T YOU STeP ouToice, WHERE CAN SEE YOLI? QW WE KNOW! EACH , CAN NE GET ON WITH THIS?YOU THIN YOU GAN JUST Pur ALL THIS INFORMATION, OUT OVER THE INTERNET? e MMe WHILE T TITTER You are POWERLESS THE NEXT ATU TEs LETS HAVE IT. waar ae your DEMANDSou YES IT CAN. INO T HAVEN'T WRONG Yer. oR Vie" To Ki YOU SEE, ENTER HERE WHILE ALIVE. (E BROKE A Few.Fairies have been stopping time for millennia. Time-stops were traditionally initiated by five elfin warlocks who would form a pentagram around the target and spread’an enchanted enclosure over it, temporarily stopping time instae this ues fine as far as it went, provided the warlocks didn’t have to use the pathroot. Many a siege vas logt because an elf had one glass of wine Luv many. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS : TEP technical genius, Foaly, 4a responsible. for whet we recognize as the acdern tipe-stop. With hunans developing satellite communication, today’ 9 time-stops Nae eee eiie-tuned ond peecies Foaly introduced the idea of warlocks Storing their magic in lithiun batteries—e move greatly tesisted by powerful seriock unions at the tine. Foaly then engineered a network of mobile receiver Gishes that could be positioned around the designated area. These developments ipean that eieges can now be extended for up to eight hours.HAVEN Cl A POLICE HOLOING CELL YOU KNOW WHAT, MULCH DiGoUMs? THE POLICE (AUST REALLY DISLIKE YOu. I OONT WANT ANY TROUBLE. eer YOU DONT WHICH 16 ft suane. FOR YOU, THEAN. a 1 coeLNe ONE DWAR. TF THEY IKED YOU, THEY WOULDN'T PUT YOU IN HERE, WOULD THEY? WITH US. Not Tat YOu SHOULD BE IN HERE Wit US. T THINK YOU you DWARFS DON'T LIKE FIRE MUCH, 7 ouess THAT'S WHAT You GET WHEN YOU TRY 70 STEAL YOUR ARRESTING OFFICER'S WATCH IN THE BOOKING LINE. YOU TUNNEL BY UNHNGING YOUR JAWS, MUNCHING THROUGH SOL AT A SUPER FAST RATE AND THEN (GIT FROM YOUR LOWER END. UGHey BREATHYOU CANT GETUS ALL, STUMPY, READY, BOYS? DAYLIGHT WHERE YOURE GONG, PAL. WHERE YOURE GONG TT AIN'T ANYTHING.HL. MANOR. HOW ARE GUR EXDERTS GETTING TAPE OF FOWL? imal Fone ~~ TWITCH, FOWL 1S ba DING. j a =~ NOW, LISTEN Y BECALIGE THIS IS e ‘azcape tho timo fold.SEEMS LIKE rou “1 said thas too, TD cuicky, ices >”HE'S READY, WIRED WITH AN I AND SET UP FOF To9, DON'T LIKE IT. Our T SMELLED LIMESTONE. ID ROCK po FOUNDA THERE Migat Nor Be A WAY WN ACTUALLY SEEN A DWARF TLNNELIN GETTING WANT YOU TO TUNNEL IN THERE AND FIND OUT HOW THis FOWL 7 KANO MUCH AB ‘AND, IF POSSIBLE, FINO CAPTAIN SHORT AND YOU CAN HELP HER. I'VE DONE THE ORIGINAL BUILDI TOTALLY ON ROCK, BUT SOME OF Tie Laren o av“And dors you even think about trying to escape, ict! Remember, Foaly arc | are watching you. The irs~cam shows us averyching.” We hear you loud end clear OOR’S LOCKED, BUT THE HUMANS HAVEN'T MADE A LOCK THAT CAN'T BE PICKED BY OWARE HAIR. Foaly here. Adjusting the iris-cam. “OK, Mulch, I's @ simple video network. m going to broadcast a loop of the last ten seconds to every camera from our dishes. Count to throe, then move it."You are a disgusting individual, Diggurns! there to rob the placo, find out howZ KNOW THAT, FORLY, YOU IDIOT. DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'VE GOT THE COMBINATION THERE? IT'S OPEN...OH. NOTHING HERE BUT HUMAN CURRENCY. This is Commancior Root. Close ic up, corwict, and move on. ‘My sleeping mother is tobe seen, Excellent BASE TO BUTLER 1 BE ON YOUR Lam, Artemis. im approaching he nan ndin — THERE'S NOTH CHANGING ON ANY NITORS. IT'S A LOOP! THEY'RE FEEDING US A LOOP! UTLER, CHECK THE SAFE ROOM. IF THIS GUY IS $0 CLEVER, THEN WHY DIO He PUT THE SAFE IN SUCH ‘AN OBVIOUS PLACE? AND THIS PAINTING Feels 709 USHT To MC. TM AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. WAVING AT YOU! RIGHT NOW. uliet! Drop whataver you're doing and check ‘on the prisoner! Now!THERE'S ANOTHER SAFE HERE. TT's MUCH SMALE} HIDDEN IN THE PAINTING FRAME Noein I reboot the sy) and purge the Everything changes: Juliet! Don't go {nto Holly's roorn Do not go in! This is Root. Hurry it up, convict. Your time is running out. already opening the secrer comparrmnent. I decide to leave that fo Butler. her bea up and down. Now she's Anesling on the floor like sha's..ch no. Isee it, A sliver of brown among the grey T RETURN YOU 10 THE AND CLAlIA THE Tat ic MY RIGHT.that Mud Man gets up and rearranges your innards. AND ; SMOKED A GMELL Inearly ask what she means, | Clear. but decide it's not worth itWE MUST HAVE BE IGHT INThings are not good. aay The manor's security has been o Tilt have to aig very deep fo uncover the good in thie particular scenario, take several deep breaths. Tocus. 1find my chi. Soon the LEP will have no other option than to launch their Bis Bomb sana then, ther Toil deliver my coup de grace. ‘ie safe room has been blown aparr by some sort of unwelcome fairy flatulence. The same gascous anomaty has also mendarad Ritter uncanseinic fora Pins ‘And the People have retrieved the copy of the Book trom the hidden safe. U reali ..1 realige that what has happened means very litte 10 the eral! strategies of either side. The People have re hhave made of the Bo Ofcourse, my whole scheme depends on them spotting the “blunder” | made during the negotiation session. Hino one spots my ‘mistake’, then my plan will collapse around my ears. And quite possibly Buiter, Jalict arid / ‘il ail be Killed.Name: Mule! Diggune ‘CLASSIFICATION ‘BACKGROUND: criminal individ and Ente: Diggin permis pot sing. Jon meane that Muli who decided early in is ta “2 that: mining was ted several times for y of td People without their for him ng the Prop » forfeited hi fairy magic Long = dwarves, Mulch is terrified of fire. (CRIMINAL, RECORD: Has spent the la: ARRESTING OFFICE! Julius Root KNOWN ALTASES: Lance. Digg KNOWN RELATIONS WEREON OF CHOICE 's powerful jaw ich Diggums 1 the om airy ever to bred boi vabor a inpamovs Kobe! LA and Surv" ik into the RS: eight tines rories Holly Short—at least once—see “Fei FelINVITATION IS IMPLIED ULIUS, HOW MLIGH MORE 00 YOU NEED? ONCE FOVIL IS. fl 9640, THE DOOR Is wi ELF. THIS IS (OLLY'S LIFE WE'RE WE SEND D. THEY SEND (OUT HOLLY, WE BLUE-RINSE THE LACE BNY THEN STKULL IN 70 RECLAIM THE RANSOM. ICE, LEP MOBILE Ha, FOWL MANOR. [im FOWL HAS MADE MISTAKE! THAT ENTRY WAS FORBIDDEN AS LONG AS HE WAS ALIVE. (AND THAT'S TANTAMOUNT TO AN INVITATION WHEN He'e DEAD. NE, YOU'RE RIGHT. TWO, T’M GOING TO RUN WITH IT. THREE, VELL DONE, YOU TWO. AND FOUR, IF YOU EVER CALL MME "JULIUS" AGAIN, FOALY, YOU'LL BE EATING YOUR OWN, HOOVES FOR BREAKFAGT. THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE I THINK YOU REALLY, REALLY, NEED TO cee.IDEA IN THEIR HEADS, EH, OLD. FRIEND? AND WHAT'S THE TROLL FOR? 11'S JUST A DUMB FRIGHTENED ANIMAL FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! HOW'S A TROLL ING To FOLLoW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS? a es YOU'RE DONG, CUDGEON? THE COUNCIL HAG JUST APPONTED ME ACTING COMMANDER. T'M SORRY, JULIUS, THEY JUST CON'T THINK b YOURE GETTING THE RESULTS. THE FEMALE? I'M APRAID THAT'S & CHANCE T'M WILLING... THE COUNCIL If WILLING 70 TAKE. WHAT INSTRUCTIONS? We JUST POINT IT AT THE USE AND GET OUT OF ITS War. T GUARANTEE YOU THOSE HUMANS WILL BE BEGGING US TO COME IN TO RESCLIE THEM. THIS I6 ALL. Pour ISN'T IT? You MAKE MME 910K.Sneak around a bit Sneak around a bit more. Reclaim some fairy weaponry. Wreak hi He 1 several million pounds werth of property damage happens te ensve, well, that would be a bonus.SNcaptain Short must have Blasted it with her leapon. On any other day, Butler wiould be halfssay up the staircase by now: On any other day, he wouldn't have Juliet to protectf 4 Curved | orved nail scrape my helmet scrape | orved nail scrape my helmet helmet. Took the troll straight in the eyes and press the button Four-hundred watts of light fail to come on. Td picked up a hebnete the humans. Thank you, ALights are offline, 50 I hit the troll Thave left : sete & & 2 A desperate dogged blood through his smashed limbsNAME: Trolls CLASSIFICATION: nost deadly of the deep~ labyrinth of tunnels und they encounter is likely nnel creatures. 7 1s wand the surface of the carth. around the any living ‘0 end up on the menu. ENCOUNTERED WHEN: onally a tro}l finds its way into the shaft P ally the concentrated air current incinerates then, bi e elevator. fasted all the vay to the surface the troll er fed alive in over a troll to be capt sending it on a age. 7! was caught by Captain Holly Ttaly. Short during it surface rampage in sou! RETRACTABLE =| cell CLAUS: me ‘SOUT POWERFUL SENSE OF SAEL TusKS CURVED UiTH SERRATED EDGES |[wenx PONT. AT BASE OF SHULL | FULLY GROUT 1 | 160 KiLOS | alWeis COMMANDER T PRESUME YOU ARE MONITORD NE IN SPITE TEMPTED THE FACT | IT WAS 00 That troll had nething to 1fa with me, Fow. It was done against my wishes. TAKE HER TUE-FIe DISINTEGRATED BY Don't be @ fool, human. You're deluding yoursell. There is no way to eocape the tine ok HERE IS my ULTUAATM. YOU Wave THiR hy THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY ‘ARE YOu ILLING TO CAPTAIN SHORT'SSo the bait has been taken, No doubt LEP analysts have discovered ray “accidental” invitation fo enter the house in the event of may death E = : Their plan is simple. The fairies =| Wil part with their as Because they believe that after they have bio wil’ be able fo stro Ofcourse, they're quite wrong. Butter us ‘Short's han Yes, I HEALNG. ONE THE FalRy ARTS, T WONDER Wi SHE DD IT? THANK yOu, ARTEMIS. WE VERE IN TROUBLE THERE. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE CAPTAIN... Burleris a man of great honour. He does not find kidnapping innocents easy. IS THERE ANY DAN TO MY NO HARM WILL BEFALL HER, YOU HAVE MY WORD. 1 Trust YOU, ARTEMIS.If the humans are expecting to be paid in gold, then I know what's coming. DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN At THe Mesie FAIRY. ‘YOU MADE ME LOOK LIKE A FOOL. ACCOROING 70 PLAN? HOUSE BLOWN (OF THe PLAN ER ALMOST GE KILLED? WAS. PART OF THE PLA THE TIME-FIELD, xT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE. YS IT CAN BE JUNE, THEN ‘AND YOU'RE © RISK THE LIFE (OF YOUR SISTER OUT OF LOYALTY TO A FELON? Pa SSS There is no doubtin my mind that Fowl is a danger to every civilized fairy under the world. But the girl, Juliet, is an innocent. She deserves a chance. PEA LU OK YES, CAPTAN KNOW WIHT Em TALKING Jf SHORT, I-00. THE B10-BOMG. aoe EVERITHING [2 PROCEEDING ACCORDING TO PLAN. aRTENs 1S NO FELON, MISS. HE'S A GENUS. i It’s hard te tell lieves it"RE CRAZY! ALL OF YOU! IN FIVE MINUT YOULL ALL BE DUST. JON’ (OU REALIZE’ CAPTAIN, PLEASE. YOU'VE wap YouR ANSW fairies have an affinity for minerals. [MM (No one says anything, but limagine that somevuhere They are of the earth. But gold i the se Overture Ie playing. our favourite. Its lustre. Its allure. THERE'S STILL TIME. THERE MUST VER SUCCEEDE GOLD, AND THEYVE BEEN THYNG FoR CENTURIES, Actuaity what just Said s Sony tu ‘ ae 5 Keer UNLOADING, BUTabout the| aS Fora moment; I wonder if maybe, just maybe, ay Il survive. Artemis fowl and could not have es I For some reason, ] mourn his pa Going back in and identifying the bedics deesn't apron but I know its my du There's also thi getting thBehind those medieval walls lie the bodies of a million insects, and under its floors the aris se of spiders and mice. Radiation negative. Ne thermal; either. Then I realize whot’s happening. Its the magic. Ithas to be. They can't enter the house vatil Fowl is dead. Somehow he's done it Fowlis alive. There’ nothing here. Artemis Fowl has escaped the time-stop. NEGATIVE ON ANY B00IeS, oR. He's escereo. Vie We have been beaten by a human. BUT I HAVE FOUND THE REST OF And an adolescent human at that. RANSOM. oy || . Fotis the winner this time. ButI bet ff he'll be back oaua it alone, Holly You know the ries. if he's stil} Aad when he does return, I'll be waiting for alive, then he’s won and the gold is his to keep. him with a smile and a very, very big gun.THE TWME-Fie WAS THE KEY TO THis RY WHo.e Arran. THAT's Way THE LEP HAVE BEEN UNBEAWSLE UP TO No} THAD TO THINK OF A WAY 10 ESCAPE THE TME-FIELO. T TRAWLED THF WN Ac 200K. BUT THERE WAS NOTA CLUE, ORIES, NO ONE R WARES UP AT THE WRONG MOMENT. NHATEVER YOUR STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS GONG INTO A TIME-S OW YOU ST. ony mouth. Unused. Rusty 1 DIDNT. ‘, TELL YOU OR JULIET ABOUT THE Stet PILLS BECAUSE YOU'D FIGHT THEM. S WPERATIVE TO THE PLAN THAT WE O10 SLEEP THEN I THOUGHT agouT WHERE 1D WOKENOT JUST A THEORY. eae ATER Aue aD EST We coup fn AWPU. JECT WHO DID SLP Gi tonta |h OF THE TWE-FIELD WHEN ‘SHE TOOK SLEEPING Fito. MOTHER'S PILLS. MPLE. You cur it PRETTY FINE, THOUGH, ARTENIS. ANOTHER, MMINLITE AND. 1 feel gu Why should C Butter has his Sig Sauer ready before | can even(My mind is racing. Now that Mother is back, my life eee cee 1S in gone me cn that happened fo the entrance hail, for one thing.) 1 ech hes 0 borg gains z | i If may plans are going to escape Mother's attention, then ‘they Will have fo be even more devious than usualPUFFIN BOOKS ‘rublished by the renguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2¥3 Canada tne.) 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