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Artemis Fowl: Book 5

The Lost Colony (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Eoin Colfer (Author) (edit contributors)

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Artemis and Butler are waiting for a demon appearance in Barcelona. The imp No. 1 appears, as anticipated, from the demon island of Hybras, but he is taken by Minerva Paradizo. Holly tags along, and together with Artemis and company, busts No. 1 out. Billy Kong, Minerva's bodyguard, believes... read more

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Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All the fairy families... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All the fairy families agreed on this except the eighth family, the demons. The demons planned to lift their small island out of time until they had regrouped and were ready to wage war on the humans once more. However, the time spell went wrong, and the island of Hybras was catapulted into Limbo, where it has remained for ten thousand years. Now the tainted time spell is deteriorating and demons are being sucked back into the present space and time. The fairy council is concerned about this and is monitoring any materializations. But when the spells deterioration accelerates, the materializations become unpredictable. Even the fairy scientists cannot figure out where the next demon will pop up. But someone can. Artemis Fowl, teenage criminal mastermind, has solved temporal equations that no normal human should be intelligent enough to understand. So when a confused and frightened demon pops up in a Sicilian theater, Artemis Fowl is there to meet him. Unfortunately, he is not the only one. A second, mysterious party has also solved the temporal equations, and has managed to abduct the demon before Artemis can secure him. Once again, Artemis will have to pair up with Captain Holly Short, his old comrade, to track down the missing demon and rescue him, before the time spell dissolves completely and the lost demon colony returns violently to Earth.

Characters edit see section history

  • Artemis Fowl II: Artemis Fowl is a brilliant boy genius who is both adversary and ally of the fairy civilization. He has Irish ancestors, dark hair, blue eyes, very pale skin, and with a history of crime, a loyal manservant and bodyguard called Butler, millions of dollars at his disposal, and one of the highest IQ levels in the world. He is the only known human to have read the Book, taken from a fairy. He first captures Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (a division of the Lower Elements Police) with the help of his faithful manservant, Butler. By the strength of his mind and manservant, he ends up with a load of gold, a cured mother, and unrequited knowledge about the People: Knowledge he is sure to exploit in the future. The series watches Artemis develop from a calculating criminal to a young man with acknowledged, though controlled, emotions.
  • Holly Short: Holly is an Elf, with the pointed ears and nut-brown skin usual for elves, crew cut auburn hair, and hazel eyes. She stands at 100 centimeters, one centimeter shorter than average fairy height. The Graphic Novels depict her with shoulder-length golden-brown hair, dark brown eyes with green scalera ('whites'), fair skin, and approximately the same height as Juliet Butler and Artemis
  • Butler: In the books, Butler is described as being an Eurasian man with a large shaven head (blond crewcut hair in the graphic novels), narrow nose, full lips and deep blue eyes. His head height is two metres and weight one hundred kilograms (two hundred and twenty pounds). He has bulky muscles, huge hands, broad feet and speaks with a deep voice. In Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, Butler's hair was turned mostly to grey (it is unknown what color his hair originally was in the books) due to advanced aging and he looked much older. However, his older features granted to him by the aging process from his healing were eliminated at the end of The Eternity Code before the mind wipe
  • Foaly: Sarcastic centaur who has invented nearly everything under the sun.
  • Mulch Diggums: A dwarf, skilled at thievery. He works with Holly, to help the police
  • Doodah Day: A pixie fish smuggler.
  • Billy Kong: Minerva's bodyguard.
  • No. 1: The oldest imp on Hybras
  • Leon Abbot: Leader of the demons on Hybras
  • Artemis Fowl Senior: Artemis' mischievous father
  • Angeline Fowl: Artemis' mother
  • Minerva: girl version of artemis
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “"A tank," said Artemis wryly into his fairy phone. "You sent them a tank?""You've hacked into the audio feed?" said Foaly sharply. "Just what else can that phone of yours do?""It can play solitaire and minesweeper," replied Artemis innocently.”
    Artemis & Foaly
  • “"Nearly there," she said."Just across the wide open green space, is it?" said No.1, displaying a real gift for sarcasm."I like him," said Foaly”
    Holly, Foaly & No. 1
  • “Great, thought Holly. No matter what dimension you’re in, there’s a bigheaded male trying to take over the world.”
    Holly
  • “Absolutely anything. I don't care if Martians built it, Doodah Day can drive it.”
    Doodah
  • “No, but we do have a shower room. You do know what a shower is, don't you, Diggums?”
    Foaly
  • “Oh, brilliant. I must write that one down in my witty retorts book."”
    Mulch Diggums
  • “A dwarf walks into a bar...”
    Narrator
  • Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers
  • “Just what we need,” moaned Holly. “Artemis Fowl with magical powers.”
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  • as easy as going to the toilet on command with a dozen people watching. Who all hated you.
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  • Great, thought Holly. No matter what dimension you’re in, there’s a bigheaded male trying to take over the world.
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  • Artemis had a vast mental reserve of scathing comebacks at his disposal, but none of them covered girlfriend insults. He wasn’t even sure if it was an insult. And if it was, who was being insulted? Him or the girl?
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  • “Perhaps it’s happy to see you. You don’t want to be there if it gets angry.”
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  • “We never do anything small, do we? Why can’t we for once have a meeting in a Starbucks?”
    Highlighted by 67 Kindle customers
  • Artemis Fowl glanced her way briefly, then returned his gaze to the bomb’s timer, leaving Holly Short to die on the ground. Which she did.
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  • Artemis tapped the cheek below his fairy-brown eye. “I’ll keep an eye out for you.” “Was that a joke? My goodness, you are changing.”
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  • “Control freak? Can you believe that?” “The nerve of some people,” replied the bodyguard without taking his eyes off the chateau.
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  • “The good news is that Kong can’t be too far ahead of us, so it is unlikely he had time to set up any traps either.”
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First Sentence edit see section history

Happy was not a word often used to describe Artemis Fowl's bodyguard.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Blast to the Past
2. Doodah Day
3. First Impression
4. Mission Impossible
5. Imprisoned
6. Dwarf Walks Into a Bar
7. Bobos Run
8. Sudden Impact
9. Turned Tables
10. Kong the King
11. A Long Way Down
12. Heart of Stone
13. Out of Time
14. Leader of the Pack
15. Home Again, Home Again
16. Point of Impact

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 5 of 11 in Artemis Fowl. (standard series)

Preceded by The Opal Deception, and followed by The Time Paradox.

This book is in Fantasy. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Eoin Colfer (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Melvyn Grant (Cover Artist)
  2. Stefan van Bolderick (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Puffin Books
Country: Ireland
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0141382686
Page Count: 384

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.C677475 Ax 2006
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

A little made up language, but otherwise, excellent. Also appropriate for young adults and adults.

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Artemis Fowl
  • The Arctic Incident
  • The Eternity Code
  • The Opal Deception
  • The Artemis Fowl Files

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