Hardcover, $18.99. ISBN: 978-142316161-5.
Book Talk:
The evil fairy Opal Koboi has figured out a way to escape from the highest security prison in the world - Atlantis. Opal has had her younger self kidnapped, and is threatening to have her killed unless if her older self is released from prison. Seems like a no brainer, doesn't it? Go ahead and let the evil young fairy be killed, and then all of your problems disappear, right?Actually, it turns out that since the young Opal was removed from the time stream to be brought forward, there are dire consequences to killing young Opal. Everything that Opal has ever made or touched will immediately be destroyed. The old Opal will die in a fiery ball of flame that will consume the fairy underworld. Considering that Opal has manufactured much of the technology in Haven, the power, computer, and satellite networks for the fairy world, this will have dire consequences on them all. Even more damaging, much of Opal's outmoded and outdated technology has been sold into the human world by Opal herself, and the technology of our modern world is dependent upon Koboi Products. This explosion would forever alter the human world as well.
Choosing the lesser of two evils, the LEP move Opal into a magma tube, where the hope is that the magma will absorb much of the force of the explosion and lessen the damage to Atlantis.
Only when the explosion occurs does the full extent of Opal's evil plan become evident....
All Koboi products in the human and fairy world explode simultaneously.
Satellites and planes fall from the sky.
The telecommunications networks are down forever.
Opal Koboi herself becomes imbued with the deepest of dark magic, and harnesses this power to enable her to open the Berserker Gate... the gate that will lead to the unleashing of Armageddon and the destruction of human life on Earth forever.
Artemis Fowl, Holly Short, Foaly, Butler, and Mulch Diggums work together one last time in a desperate race against time to save the planet from annihilation.
But, can they do this without someone making the ultimate sacrifice?
Author's Web Site: http://www.eoincolfer.com/
Reviewers Note:
I have loved Artemis since I picked up his first book. Sitting all by itself on the new arrivals cart in the sorting room, it had been processed but not yet put out on the shelves of the library. I turned the book over and read the magic words "12 year old criminal genius" and was hooked. I read it through my lunch break, managed to put it down while I was working on the information desk, and finished it later that night after I got home from the library. I introduced it to my son, who at that time was the most reluctant reader on the planet. 12 hours later, he handed me the finished book and asked when was the next one coming out. Over the years, I have bought each Artemis book, placing pre-orders for the books so that they arrive at my door the day they are released. Unfortunately, this one has been sitting on the shelf longer than I would have liked because of an intrusion of my real life into my reading life...
My kids loved the book, and read it within moments of it's arrival. Nothing like seeing my 19 year old and 17 year old, laying side by side on the floor, each reading different passages in the book at the same time!
I am sad to see the end of the Artemis Fowl books, as they will always hold a special place in my heart. They took a very reluctant reader, and gave him books to love. He found a genre he loves, and began to read for pleasure! That kid is now 17 years old, and is applying for college. He's taking AP classes, and loves to read. I give Artemis a lot of credit for that! (Thanks, Eoin Colfer. You really did make a difference!)
Anyway, excellent book! Read it through the night... I finally finished it after midnight, got to sleep around 1, and got 5 hours of sleep. It's going to be a fun day of work today! I'm wondering if I can sneak in a nap time in the break room?
In order to fully appreciate this book, you do need to have read the other books in the series. These old friends jump right into their adventure, and you need to fully understand their personalities in order to fully understand the subtle jokes and plot twists.
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