Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - Twelve-year-old, Artemis Fowl, tries to buy back his mother's sanity while trying to discover if his father is still a live. This 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.

Artemis Fowl: the Arctic Incident In his second adventure, the youngest, brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind is at boarding school when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. It's from a man Artemis never thought he'd see again: his father, who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia and pleads for Artemis's help. Brings back familiar characters from the first book.

Artemis Fowl: the Eternity Code Discovering a way to build a super-computer using stolen fairy technology, young criminal mastermind Artemis sets out to blackmail a Chicago businessman but runs into a trap that leaves Butler mortally injured.