By Eoin Colfer

Category: Juvenile Fiction, 8th Grade to 12th Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
Publisher: Miramax
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Pub Date: May 3, 2005
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 0786852895

Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl is back . . . and so is his brilliant and dangerous enemy, Opal Koboi. At the start of the fourth adventure in the Artemis series, The Opal Deception, Artemis has no memory of the fairy people and has returned to his unlawful ways. He is preparing to steal a famous Impressionist painting from a German bank, having no idea that his old rival, Opal, has escaped from prison by cloning herself. She's left her double behind in jail and, now free, is exacting her revenge on all those who put her there, including Artemis. Meanwhile in the Lower Elements, Opal has planted a trap for Captain Holly Short and Commander Root of the LEPrechon fairy police.

Tragedy ensues, and Holly is framed for a heinous crime she did not commit. Instead of staying around to defend herself, Holly rushes to the surface to rescue Artemis. But before Holly and Artemis can get away, Opal arrives and abducts them both. Faced with a world he does not believe in, Artemis may have finally been outsmarted. . . .

Eoin Colfer is the New York Times best-selling author of the Artemis Fowl series, The Supernaturalist, The Legend of Spud Murphy, and The Wish List. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.