The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, Book 3)

Eoin Colfer

ISBN 10: 0786819146 / ISBN 13: 9780786819140

Published by Miramax Books, USA, 2003

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Copyright date 2003, first edition, second printing. Presentation Signed by the Author On the inside Title Page. Blue cover over boards with silver lettering on the spine. Blue inside covers front and back. No tears, bent pages, nor any writing. For edge pages are not cut, a very, very small spot on page 176 on the for edge. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are minor, with very light bumps to the head and toe of the spine. Dust Jacket, no tears, bent flaps, nor is it price clipped. Dust jacket now in a clear protective cover. Size: 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 0004531

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, Book 3)

Publisher: Miramax Books, USA

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good Plus

Signed: signed by the Author

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Book Three-Now available in trade paperback Artemis Fowl is going straight-as soon as he pulls off the most brilliant criminal feat of his career . . . but his plan goes awry, leaving his loyal bodyguard, Butler, mortally injured. Artemis's only hope of saving his friend is to employ fairy magic; so once again he must contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may have just run out. . . . "Readers will burn the midnight oil to the finish." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Review:

The third instalment of high-tech, criminal whizz-kid adventures set in the fairy-magic-filled world of Master Artemis Fowl may be reassuringly familiar but it is also bulging with author Eoin Colfer's trademark wit and thrilling seat-of-the-dwarf-pants adventure. Following on from Artemis's opening encounter with the fairy underworld in Artemis Fowl and its thumping sequel Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Encounter, The Eternity Code takes the books' eponymous young anti-hero, who with each successive adventure turns out to be a little less bad after all, on his most dangerous mission yet.

Artemis and his bodyguard Butler have set up a meeting in Chicago with dangerous international businessman Jon Spiro. In his latest eager attempt to make money, using a priceless futuristic cube of purloined Fairy gadgetry that can do just about anything, Artemis has underestimated Spiro and arrived at the rendezvous under-prepared. Big mistake. It is an ambush, and though Artemis escapes with his life, Butler is mortally wounded.

The cube may be lost but Artemis refuses to accept his friend's demise and quickly deep freezes Butler in the restaurant kitchen. He calls on the only people he knows who might be able to get him back--Holly Short of the subterranean Fairy police and her race's super-advanced technology. Holly and Artemis must find a way to bring Butler back from the dead and retrieve the lost Eternity Cube that could change the balance of power between humans and fairies forever. It is a Herculean task and the price exacted upon Artemis for such assistance is very high indeed.

What Colfer's latest plot may lack in depth or sophistication is more than made up for by the sheer verve and energy of his settings, characters and action. These books are very entertaining indeed and hugely readable, and once you're a Fowl fan you'll be hooked until Artemis decides to go straight. Recommended for ages nine and above. --John McLay