Artemis Fowl

Intrdoction:
Artemis Fowl is series of eight fantasy novels written by a Irish author named Eoin
Colfer. It’s a mystery thriller story about a 12 year criminal mastermind called
Artemis Foul II which revolves around the concept of anti heroism, greed, a battle
between good and evil with an arc of redemption for Artemus becuase he started of
a villain of the story.

Summary:
The Fowl family is a family in the Godfather Irish mafia kind of sense, and they're
an extremely dangerous family at that. After the disappearance of Artemis Fowl I
(main character's father) under some weird circumstances, the family becomes
slightly less scary and slightly less rich, but Artemis Fowl II, a twelve-year-old
genius with a talent for crime, has a plan to change all that.

Through a combination of Internet research and wild rumor, Artemis figures out
that all of the children's stories and legends of magical creatures in different
cultures refer to the same group of fairy folk who have been living underground,
away from human interference. What's more, each fairy has a Book that contains
all of their magical secrets in one convenient location. All Artemis want was the
fairies' gold, so he blackmails a drunken fairy into giving him her Book,
photographs the pages, translates the Gnommish language it's written in, and
realizes the fairy gold in the legends is actually just a ransom fund for kidnapped
People. Next step is pretty obvious, though kidnapping a fairy is harder than it
sounds. Artemis gets more than he bargains for when he and his bodyguard, Butler,
kidnap Captain Holly Short, a hotshot LEPrecon officer (even though he manages
to nab her when her magical powers are at an all-time low) and Holly's boss, Julius
Root, goes on a rescue mission. That’s where the whole mess begin and Artemis’s
plan went crazy putting multiple lives in danger.

Review:
This witty, exciting series start boasts an irresistible 12-year-old antihero and a
host of fantastic characters. There's kidnapped Captain Holly, who's determined to
redeem herself; Butler, the perfect assassin who will do anything to protect his
sister; overconfident and foolish Commander Root -- and they're all flawed and
intriguing with plenty of tricks up their sleeves. Even as the action ratchets up,
readers will be torn about whom to root for.

Another wonderful strength of the book is the way the story builds. Most of it takes
place in one evening, magical fairy time stoppage included. Even when a real clock
isn't ticking, readers will be biting their nails counting down to the scary "blue-
rinse" bomb. The big question throughout the action-packed evening: Is Artemis
really one step ahead of the fairies or finally in over his head? This is basically a
psycological battle between Artemis and Faries where both are in constant struggle
to outwit each other. It’s a beautiful story which question one’s morality and filled
with thrill one after another.