Eoin Colfer

Hoping to destroy humanity once and for all, Opal Koboi devises her most deadly scheme yet, one that involves the release of fairy spirits that will serve her without question. Now, Artemis Fowl must once again join forces with the fairy people to thwart her plan.

"Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he suddenly receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from his father, who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by 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." -- Publisher's...

In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and using his newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world forever.

"Did you know that if the conditions are just right, and if you add a little electricity, or magic, or luck, that an imaginary friend might appear just when you need one? An imaginary friend like Fred. Fred is the best imaginary friend you could ever hope for, but no matter how hard he tries, the same thing always happens: his friend finds a friend in the real world, and Fred fades away, bit by bit, waiting to be wished for again... Then one day,...

Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl's only hope of saving his loyal bodyguard, Butler, is to employ fairy magic and contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short, to help him pull off the most brilliant criminal feat of his career.