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NOT FOR SALE This PDF File was created for educational, scholarly, and Internet archival use ONLY. With utmost respect and courtesy to the author, NO money or profit will ever be made from this text or its distribution. for more e-books, visit www.intexblogger.com ARTEMIS FOWL is a child prodigy from Ireland who has dedicated his brilliant mind to criminal activities. When Artemis discovers that there is a fairy civilization below ground, he sees it as a golden opportunity. Now there is a whole new species to exploit with his ingenious schemes. But Artemis doesn't know as much as he thinks about the fairy People. And what he doesn't know could hurt him ... Books by Eoin Colfer ARTEMIS FOWL ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE ARCTIC INCIDENT ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE ETERNITY CODE ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE OPAL DECEPTION ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE LOST COLONY HALF MOON INVESTIGATIONS THE SUPERNATURALIST THE WISH LIST And for younger readers THE LEGEND OF SPUD MURPHY THE LEGEND OF CAPTAIN CROW'S FEET NEVER BEFORE HAS A CRIMINAL MASTERMIND RECEIVED SUCH PRAISE 'Wickedly brilliant' - Independent 'Fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek, with some laugh-out-loud jokes' – Sunday Times 'Folklore, fantasy and high-tech wizardry ... Hugely entertaining' – Observer 'Pacy, playful and very funny, an inventive mix of myth and modernity, magic and crime' - Time 'Golfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour' - Sunday Times 'Full of action, weaponry, farting dwarves and Chandleresque one-liners' - Evening Standard 'A hectic fusion of real, imaginary and fairy gadgetry. From laser guns to mind-wipers, through battery-powered craft and anti-radiation suits, they make the world of James Bond's Q look like child's play' - Guardian 'Funny, fast, cinematic adventure' - Financial Times PUFFIN BOOKS Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England Published by the Penguin Group enguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Mairangi Bay, Auckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England penguin.com Published 2006 1 Text copyright © Eoin Colfer, 2006 The moral right of the author and illustrator has been asserted Set in 13.5/16.3pt Perpetua Made and printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives pic All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978-0-141-38268-5 ISBN-10: 0-141-38268-6 Hack into the wicked world of Artemis Fowl artemisfowl.co.uk EOIN COLFER AND THE LOST COLONY For Badger. The man. The legend. CONTENTS Chapter 1: Blast to the Past Chapter 2: Doodah Day Chapter 3: First Impression Chapter 4: Mission Impossible Chapter 5: Imprisoned Chapter 6: Dwarf Walks Into a Bar Chapter 7: Bobo's Run Chapter 8: Sudden Impact Chapter 9: Turned Tables Chapter 10: Kong the King Chapter 11: A Long Way Down Chapter 12: Heart of Stone Chapter 13: Out of Time Chapter 14: Leader of the Pack Chapter 15: Home flgain, Home Rgain Chapter 16: Point of Impact chapter 1: BLAST TO THE PAST barcelona, spain HAPPY was not a word often used to describe Artemis Fowl's bodyguard. Jolly and contented were also words that were rarely applied to him or to people in his immediate vicinity. Butler did not get to be one of the most dangerous men in the world by chatting with anyone who happened to stroll past, unless the chat concerned exit routes and concealed weapons. On this particular afternoon Butler and Artemis were in Spain, and the bodyguard's Eurasian features were even more taciturn than normal. His young charge was, as usual, making Butler's job more complicated than it needed to be. Artemis had insisted that they stand on the sidewalk of Barcelona's Passeig de Gratia for over an hour in the afternoon sun with only a few slender trees to provide them with cover from the heat or possible enemies. This was the fourth unexplained trip to foreign locations in as many months. First Edinburgh, then Death Valley in the American West, followed by an extremely arduous trek to doubly landlocked Uzbekistan. And now Barcelona. All to wait for a mysterious visitor, who had not as yet made an appearance. They made an odd couple on the busy pathway. A huge, muscular man: forties, Hugo Boss suit, shaven head. And a slight teenager: pale, raven-haired with large piercing blue-black eyes. 'Why must you circle so, Butler?' asked Artemis, irritated. He knew the answer to his own question, but according to his calculations, the expected visitor to Barcelona was a minute late, and he allowed his annoyance to transfer to the bodyguard. 'You know perfectly well why, Artemis,' replied Butler. 'In case there is a sniper or an audio-tech on one of the rooftops. I am circling to provide the maximum cover.' Artemis was in the mood to demonstrate his genius. This was a mood in which he frequently found himself. And as satisfying as these demonstrations were for the fourteen-year-old Irish boy, they could be intensely irritating for anyone on the receiving end. 'Firstly, it is hardly likely that there is a sniper gunning for me,' he said. 'I have liquidated eighty per cent of my illegal ventures and spread the capital across an extremely lucrative portfolio. Secondly, any audio-tech trying to eavesdrop on us may as well pack up and go home as the third button on your jacket is emitting a Solinium pulse that whites out any surveillance tape, human or fairy.' Butler glanced at a passing couple, who were bewitched by Spain and young love. The man had a camcorder slung round his neck. Butler fingered his third button guiltily. 'We may have ruined a few honeymoon videos,' he noted. Artemis shrugged. 'A small price to pay for my privacy.' 'Was there a third point?' asked Butler innocently. 'Yes,' said Artemis, a touch testily. Still no sign of the individual he was expecting. 'I was about to say that if there is a gunman on one of these buildings, it's that one directly to the rear. So you should stay behind me.'

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