If internet rumours are to be believed, twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century. In this, the story of Artemis's first encounter with the fairy People, you'll find out how the criminal mastermind hatched a plot to restore his family's fortune - and how he discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous fairies and mind-blowing technology.
And you'll learn how, by kidnapping Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police, Artemis Fowl almost triggered a cross-species war...