Teenaged criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must save the underwater fairy metropolis of Atlantis from danger, while battling a psychological affliction known as the Atlantis Complex.

Artemis Fowl plans to go straight after one more criminal feat, but his last job goes wrong, leaving his bodyguard, Butler, mortally wounded. The only hope Artemis has of saving his friend's life is to gain the help of his former rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police.

"When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll."--Colophon.