
Details
- ISBN 9780141328034 / 0141328037
- Title Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex
- Author Eoin Colfer
- Category Adventure Stories (children's/ya)
Fantasy & Magical Realism (children's/ya) - Format Paperback
- Year 2011
- Pages 336
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Puffin Books
- Language English
- Dimensions 198mm x 129mm
Will the real Artemis Fowl please stand up? Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has summoned an elite group of high-tech fairies to Iceland. He wants to present his invention to save the world from global warming. But something terrible has happened to him.
“Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex” is the seventh awesome book in the bestselling “Artemis Fowl” series by Eoin Colfer. Will the real Artemis Fowl please stand up? Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has summoned an elite group of high-tech fairies to Iceland. He wants to present his invention to save the world from global warming. But something terrible has happened to him. Artemis Fowl has become nice. The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (aka multiple-personality disorder) - dabbling in magic has damaged Artemis' mind. And now the subterranean city of Atlantis is under attack from vicious robots and nice Artemis is no use to anyone. Can fairy ally Captain Holly Short get devious Artemis back before they strike? “Hugely satisfying - not to be missed”. (“Irish Independent”). “Engagingly vivid, exciting and witty”. (“The Telegraph”). “Fast, funny and very exciting”. (“Daily Mail”). “Artemis Fowl” was winner of the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year Award and Children's Book of the Year at the Children's Book Awards. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. Eoin Colfer was born and raised in Wexford in the south-east of Ireland.
He began writing plays at an early age and, as an adult, continued to write. “Artemis Fowl”, his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller and won several prestigious awards.
He began writing plays at an early age and, as an adult, continued to write. “Artemis Fowl”, his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller and won several prestigious awards.
Review
Fast, funny and very exciting Daily Mail Folklore, fantasy and high-tech wizardry... Hugely entertaining Observer Engagingly vivid, exciting and witty The Telegraph
Prizes
Winner of Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award: Children's Book of the Year 2011.
Eoin Colfer was born and raised in the south-east of Ireland. Artemis Fowl, his first book featuring the young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller and won several prestigious awards. It was followed by The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, The Time Paradox and now The Atlantis Complex.
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