Product Description:

In this third installment to Eoin Colfer's funny, fast-paced, fairy-filled adventure series, boy genius and arch criminal Artemis Fowl once again can't resist plotting the perfect crime--and, once again, he can't keep from stirring up so much trouble that the fate of the entire fairy world teeters in the balance.

The once hard-boiled Artemis has softened a bit between his bestselling debut and the seat-of-your-pants Arctic Incident, and that trend continues in The Eternity Code: He's still plotting for a billion-dollar-plus payoff for the Fowl family, but now his enemies are human (chiefly Jon Spiro, a ruthless businessman Artemis tries to blackmail using stolen fairy technology) and he has to turn to his old adversary-turned-friend Captain Holly Short and cutpurse dwarf Mulch Diggums for help. The dialogue and action prove as smart and page-turning as ever this time around, with Artemis struggling to bring his faithful bodyguard Butler back from the dead before racing Mission Impossible-style to triple-cross the double-crossing Spiro.

Colfer's young antihero might be getting more likeable all the time, but that hasn't taken the edge off the Tom-Clancy-meets-Harry-Potter action. Artemis has to agree to a memory-erasing 'mind wipe' from the People after helping them recover their technology, but only a foolish fan would count Artemis out after this blockbuster 'final heist.' Book four can't come soon enough.... (Ages 9 to 12) --Paul Hughes

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: 4.63 out of 5 stars

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- Lots of mobsters, fewer fairies
There's no escaping it, Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code is a gripping, lightning-fast read. If you are a fan of the previous two books in this series, you'll definitely want to give it a try. This time child criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl's master creation - a tiny computer based on the fairy technology he stole in the last book - is hijacked by a Chicago mobster, Jon Spiro. Artemis teams up with the fairies to get it back.

Because "Eternity Code" revolves around Artemis vs. evil human adults more than Artemis vs. fairies, we lose some of the entertaining and creative descriptions of the Fairies' underground universe. The only fairy creatures who play much of a part in the action are Holly Short and Mulch Diggums. What's more, the human-vs-human violence is really R-rated: loyal ... Read More

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- Eternity Code...
From the first glance, you see a clean cut blue and purple cover of the Eternity Code. Once again, Eoin Colfer astounds us with his brilliant ability to write with such sarcastic humour. With his funny prose, we read the third (and perhaps last) adventure of our child prodigy, Artemis Fowl. This time, Artemis has invented the C Cube, from some stolen fairy technology he had from since he abducted Holly. This C Cube is fifty years ahead of human technology and can do practically anything in the world.
As his father is now alive and ...moralistic, Artemis swears this is his last plot before turning back to a "normal" childhood. Artemis shows businessman Spiro his technological wonder of the C Cube, which results in the C Cube being stolen, Butler shot, and all round chaos.
Luckily, Butler ... Read More

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- Eh... read the review?
The third instalment in the Artemis Fowl series is definitely a must read.

There. You can all go off and read it now. No more nail biting ¡®is it good or isn¡¯t it¡¯ anymore, let that stone sink and release the butterflies. It¡¯s all good.

The Eternity Code starts off with a ruthless American businessman stealing the ¡®C Cube¡¯ (read the book) from our ¡®hero¡¯ Artemis Fowl, Artemis then enlist the help of the fairies to steal the cube back. (Can tell I¡¯m not a spoiler, can¡¯t you?)

All your favourite characters from the previous two books are back (unless you¡¯re thinking about Opal or Cudgeon, in that case, no), some minor characters from before gets fleshed out more (Juliet) and others have been reduced to stay in the office. Artemis himself ... Read More

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