ARTEMIS FOWL IS GOING STRAIGHT-AS SOON AS HE PULLS OFFOUR STORY BEGiNS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT THE DAWN OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. Young Artemis Fowl is a criminal genius and the mastermind behind some of the most devious and technologically advanced crimes of this century. What is he after this time? Gold of course. And not just any old gold. Fairy gold. The only thing is, these are not just any old fairies... Artemis is plotting to hold a fairy to ransom and restore his family's fortune. But he soon discovers that there is a world below ground where the fairies are armed and dangerous, the gadgetry is mind-blowing and paranoid centaurs and LEPrecon officers await him. Seeing is believing. So strap in, adventurers - you've never experienced anything like this.