Publisher, Listening Library / Random House (April 2004)

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"A new thriller fairy tale will grab your interest, no matter what your age." --The New York Post

"Kids will absolutely love it." --Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America

"The world Colfer creates is as vivid and fantastical as any shire, Gotham, or galaxy far, far away in recent memory." --Entertainment Weekly

Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafia: his father. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by a familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling the fairies, he is going to have to join forces with them if he wants to save one of the few people in the world he loves.

About the Author: Eoin Colfer is a former elementary school teacher who became a publishing phenomenon with the New York Times bestsellers Artemis Fowl and Artemis Fowl : The Arctic Incident. Previously, he has written several other bestsellers in Ireland, including The Wish List.