Title: Artemis Fowl
Author: Eoin Colfer
Genre: Young adult, fantasy
Pages:280
Artemis Fowl II is the twelve-year old son of an Irish Crime lord, Artemis Fowl I. After significant research, Artemis believes that he has confirmed the existence of fairies. He tracks down an alcoholic sprite posing as a healer in Vietnam, and travels there with his Bodyguard Butler to obtain from her The Book of the People the fairy holy book that is written in Gnommish (fairy language).
Meanwhile, Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police is tracking a rogue troll that has managed to reach the surface of the Earth from the fairy city, deep underground, Assisted by a technically minded centaur called Foaly and LEPrecon commander Julius Root, she incapacitates the troll. However, this uses the last of her magic, and Commander Root demands that she complete the magic restoring ritual.
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