The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl) by Eoin Colfer

Author:Eoin Colfer
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Teenage boys, Legends, Children: Grades 4-6, Fiction, Myths, & Detective Stories, Ireland, Artemis (Fictitious Character), Mysteries, Demonology, Espionage, Fables, Fairies, Space and Time, Science Fiction, Horror & Ghost Stories, Trolls, Magic, Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Fantasy & Magic, Adventure and adventures, & Magic, Action & Adventure - General, Irish, England, Action & Adventure, Adventure and Adventurers, Fowl, Fantasy fiction, Sicily, General, Fantasy, Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9780786849598
Publisher: Miramax
Published: 2008-03-11T16:02:00+00:00

TAIPEI101 is among the tallest buildings in the world. Some say it is the tallest, if the sixty-metre spire can be counted, but others argue that a spire is not a building, and so Taipei 101 can technically only be called the tallest structurein the world. In any event, there were four buildings in construction — two in Asia, one in Africa and the fourth in Saudi Arabia — with their sights set on the world's tallest building crown. So Taipei's claim to fame could be a fleeting one. Artemis and company landed in Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport barely three hours before the deadline in a rented Lear jet. And though Butler was a registered pilot, qualified for day and night flying in various aircraft, it was Artemis who flew most of the way. Flying helped him think, he claimed. Also, no one would interrupt while he put the finishing touches to his audacious plan. Artemis was fully aware of the risks involved with this particular scheme. The pivotal element was purely theoretical and the rest was highly unlikely. He briefed the others on the details in the back of a rented Lexus on the forty-minute drive from the airport to downtown Taipei. The entire group looked drained, even though they had eaten and rested on the plane. Only No.l was in high spirits. Everywhere he looked there were new wonders to be gaped at, and he could not imagine that anyone would be able to injure him while he was under Butler's protection. 'The bad news is that we are running close to the deadline," said Artemis. 'So there will be no time to set a trap.' 'And the good news, Artemis?' said Holly grumpily. She was grumpy for a few reasons. She was dressed as a human girl, because Artemis had asked her to save her magic for when it would be needed. She had managed to boost her magical energy by burying a sealed acorn she kept round her neck, but there had been no full moon, so her power reserves were limited. Also she was completely shut off from the People, and to top it all she had no doubt that Ark Sool would have her up on charges if any of them did manage to survive the trade-off. After all, she had brought No.l halfway across the world instead of escorting him safely to Haven City. '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.' The Lexus entered the Xinyi district, and Taipei 101 rose from the cityscape like a giant bamboo shoot. The buildings around it seemed to shrink back in awe. Butler craned his head back to see the top of the five-hundred-plus-metre building. 'We never do anything small, do we? Why can't we for once have a meeting in a Starbucks?' 'I didn't pick this building,' said Artemis. 'It picked us. Fate has brought us here.

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