Eoin Colfer

Conor Broekhart was born to fly. Many dream of flying, but for Conor flying was more than just a dream, it was his destiny.

30 years after the first instalment of Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', Eoin Colfer transports Arthur, Zaphod and Marvin to pastures new.Arthur has finally made it home to Earth, but that does not mean he has escaped his fate.

Twelve-year-old villain, Artemis Fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you've got the mother of all sieges brewing!

Book 1 in the Artemis Fowl series.

Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl, is responsible. But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won't be enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs help...

Book 2 in the Artemis Fowl series.

When he gathers the fairy elite to show off his latest invention, it's clear that the former criminal genius has become delusional and paranoid.

He doesn't even trust his closest friends.

Artemis has the Atlantis Complex, a disease that is causing him to lose his mind. And things get worse when a deadly attack is launched against an underwater fairy city.

The fairies are desperate. So desperate, that they need the ruthless, calculating mind of history's wickedest teenager.

Will the real Artemis Fowl please stand up?

Book 7 in the Artemis Fowl series.

Artemis Fowl has created the most powerful new supercomputer known to man - using stolen technology from an elite race of underground fairies.

And when the computer falls into the hands of an IT billionaire with a shady past and an alleged mob connection, Artemis is in deep trouble. The consequences for humans and fairies alike are deadly. Only one person, well, fairy, can help him now.

If only Artemis Fowl wasn't the fairies' public enemy number one...

Book 3 in the Artemis Fowl series.

Opal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminate mankind and become fairy queen.

If she succeeds, the spirits of long-dead fairy warriors will rise from the earth, inhabit the nearest available bodies and wreak mass destruction. But what happens if those nearest bodies include crows, or deer, or badgers - or two curious little boys by the names of Myles and Beckett Fowl?

Yes, it's true. Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl's four-year-old brothers could be involved in destroying the human race. Can Artemis and Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police stop Opal and prevent the end of the world?

Book 8 in the Artemis Fowl series.

Until recently Artemis Fowl was the only human to have discovered that fairies do exist. But now a second juvenile genius wants to capture one for scientific study - and not just any old fairy. The newcomer intends to trap a demon, the most human-hating species unknown to man.

Only an ancient time spell separates the demons from mankind - and Artemis must prevent it from unravelling. If he fails, the bloodthirsty tribe will re-launch their quest to wipe humans from the planet...

There can only be one winner in this battle of the demons. And it may not be Artemis Fowl.

Book 5 in the Artemis Fowl series.

Evil pixie, Opal Koboi, is back and she's more dangerous than ever. This time she doesn't just want power over the fairy People - this time she wants the humans too. Captain Holly Short is the only fairy with a hope of stopping her, but as Holly knows, it takes one genius criminal mastermind to fight another. But the 14-year-old genius that Holly is thinking of doesn't even remember that fairies exist. How is she going to convince Artemis Fowl to help her stop Opal? Gold usually does the trick, and this time is should be no different. Or is Artemis changing?

Book 4 in the Artemis Fowl series.

Man-eating trolls, armed and dangerous (not to mention high-tech) fairies, flame-throwing goblins - he's seen the lot. He had decided to forego criminal activity of the more magical kind. However...

Now his mother is gravely ill. He must travel back through time to steal the cure from the clutches of the devious mastermind... Artemis Fowl.

That's right. With fairy ally Captain Holly Short by his side, Artemis is going back in time to do battle with his deadliest enemy yet.

Himself.

Book 6 in the Artemis Fowl series.

Artemis's little brothers Myles and Beckett borrow the Fowl jet without permission, and it ends up as a fireball over Florida. The twins plus their fairy minder, the pixie-elf hybrid Lazuli Heitz, are lucky to escape with their lives.

The Fowl parents and fairy police force decide that enough is enough and the twins are placed under house arrest. When Myles is abducted and spirited away from his twin, Beckett and Lazuli must collaborate to find Myles and rescue him.

Book 2 of the series.

Artemis requires the help of the fairy folk once more as he is tricked into handing over the C Cube super computer he has constructed from stolen fairy technology, to Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro. This time Butler's life is at stake so Artemis, Butler's sister Juliet and Holly Short travel to Chicago to steal back the Cube and ensure that Spiro is put out of business - permanently!

Myles and Beckett Fowl are twins but the two boys are wildly different. Beckett is blonde, messy and sulks whenever he has to wear clothes. Myles is impeccably neat, has an IQ of 170, and 3D prints a fresh suit every day – just like his older brother, Artemis Fowl.

A week after their eleventh birthday the twins are left in the care of house security system, NANNI, for a single night. In that time, they befriend a troll on the run from a nefarious nobleman and an interrogating nun both of whom need the magical creature for their own gain. 

Book 1 of the series.

Being the youngest detective in the world, Fletcher Moon gets in serious trouble. His detective badge is stolen and he gets one really hard case to crack where he becomes involved with the town’s most evil family, the Sharkeys.

Brothers Will and Marty have to spend their holidays confined to the library where Mrs Murphy, the librarian, controls everything by shooting at mischief-makers with a gas-powered spud gun. But has she met her match in Will and Marty?

Until recently Artemis Fowl was the only human to have discovered that fairies do exist. But now a second juvenile genius wants to capture one for scientific study - and not just any old fairy. The newcomer intends to trap a demon, the most human-hating species unknown to man.

Only an ancient time spell separates the demons from mankind - and Artemis must prevent it from unravelling. If he fails, the bloodthirsty tribe will re-launch their quest to wipe humans from the planet...

There can only be one winner in this battle of the demons. And it may not be Artemis Fowl.

In Satellite City, a third millennium metropolis, 14-year-old Cosmo Hill lives in an institution where the inhabitants have dangerous products tested on them. As the average life expectancy is 15 years Cosmo needs to get out - fast!