Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian
core novel 2012 Artemis Fowl
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (61,617 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 328 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780141344331 |
| Internal chronology | 8 |
Synopsis
In the series finale, Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian, Opal Koboi succeeds in opening the long-sealed Berserker's Gate, unleashing ancient fairy warrior spirits that possess people and animals across the world, plunging both the human and fairy realms into an apocalyptic conflict. Artemis and his allies, including Holly Short and Butler, must find a way to close the gate and contain the possessed forces before the destruction spreads beyond control, drawing on knowledge and alliances built across the entire series. As the culmination of Artemis's long history with fairy magic and Opal's repeated schemes, the crisis forces every major character to commit fully to stopping a threat unlike anything they have faced before.
Where it sits
- Universe: Artemis Fowl
- Series: Artemis Fowl core; position 8 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Eoin Colfer
Awards (verified)
- Irish Book Award (Irish Children's Book of the Year (Senior)), 2012: won; Won the 2012 Irish Book Award in the "Irish Children's Book - Senior" category, the year of the series' final novel.
Notes
- From the series record (Artemis Fowl): The eight-book main sequence, published 2001-2012, following twelve-year-old criminal prodigy Artemis Fowl II from his first encounter with the hidden fairy world through to the series' conclusion.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Artemis Fowl: position 8 of 8: previous Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex (2010)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Artemis Fowl
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_(series)
- Wikipedia: Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian
- Irish Book Awards: Previous Winners (official archive)
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