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Evil pixie Opal Koboi has returned, more dangerous than ever. With plans to conquer both the fairy People and humans, she challenges the only fairy who can stop her: Captain Holly Short. Facing her new foe, Holly knows that matching Opal’s cunning requires a partner of equal intellect. The only candidate is 14‑year‑old Artemis Fowl, a mastermind certainly capable of deceit and gold‑making. Yet Artemis may be changing and may not even recall the existence of fairies. The story follows their uneasy alliance as they contend with betrayal, magic, and the possibility that the human crime king‑pin’s heart has shifted.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Eoin Colfer
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