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The Atlantis Complex
AuthorEoin Colfer
LanguageEnglish
SeriesArtemis Fowl
GenreFantasy
PublisherHyperion Books for Children dba Miramax Books
Publication date
July 20, 2010
Media typePrint (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages357 (Hardcover)
ISBN9781423128199
OCLC635637067
Preceded byThe Time Paradox 
Followed byUntitled 8th Book 

Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex is the seventh book in the Artemis Fowl series. It was released on July 20, 2010 in the United Kingdom and on August 3, 2010 in North America.[1]

Plot

Artemis has arranged a meeting with Holly, Foaly, and Wing Commander Vinyáya on a glacier in Iceland to unveil his invention to stop global warming: The Ice Cube. As the meeting progresses, it appears that Artemis is suffering from Atlantis Complex, the fairy equivalent of OCD, combined with other conditions such as Multiple Personality Disorder and Dementia, and is obsessed with numbers. He believes five is his "lucky number" and four to be death. Holly notices and questions him, but he brushes off her concerns. During a demonstration of the Ice Cube, they are approached by an unidentified fairy space probe. Artemis suddenly mentally snaps, accusing Foaly of trying to steal his invention. Holly attempts to subdue him with the mesmer, but they are attacked by the mysterious aircraft. The craft crash lands, hitting a shuttle and fatally injuring Commander Vinyáya and instantly killing all the LEP backup, leaving only Holly, Foaly and Artemis stranded on the glacier without communications, weapons, or even Butler.

The perpetrator is revealed to be Turnball Root, the (as of The Opal Deception) deceased LEP commander Julius Root's reprobate brother. From his prison cell deep in the underwater city in Atlantis, he has reprogrammed one of Foaly's space probes—the mysterious vessel that attacked Artemis and company—and the usually harmless, but now deadly amorphobots inside it. In a desperate plan to escape from prison and reunite with his beloved human wife Leonor, he is sending the probe to attack Atlantis so he can escape in the chaos with the help of the amorphobots.

Meanwhile, Artemis's bodyguard Butler is in Mexico. Artemis, who had grown paranoid as a result of the Atlantis Complex, had tricked him into traveling to Cancun by telling him his sister Juliet, now a famous wrestler with the nickname "Jade Princess", was in danger. Coincidentally, Juliet actually was in danger, and she and Butler barely escape a horde of zombie wrestling fans remotely mesmerized by Turnball. Despite having lost his magic through committing criminal acts, Turnball has found a way to restore his magic through eating a combination of mandrakes and rice wine.


In the epilogue, Artemis is his obsessive, compulsive self again and on a transport shuttle to the Argon clinic for therapy. Juliet is engaged in a wrestling match with a burly pixie guard, much to the entertainment of Mulch and the shuttle crew. Artemis and Foaly are teasing Holly about her recent date with Trouble Kelp. Butler calls Angeline Fowl, telling her that Artemis has a fairy disease similar to OCD. Angeline wants to visit him and is very worried and upset.

Sequel

Eoin Colfer stated that this novel will not be the last, but rather the penultimate (second to last) book in the Artemis Fowl series, with the eighth and final book to be released in a few years.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Synopsis: The Atlantis Complex". Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  2. ^ "Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl Review". Retrieved 2010-09-19.
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