Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception
core novel 2004 Artemis Fowl
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (144,091 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 342 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780141315492 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception follows the return of Opal Koboi, the vengeful pixie inventor from an earlier book, as she pursues a renewed bid for power against both the fairy authorities and Artemis himself. Central to her scheme is a plan to expose the hidden fairy world to humanity by sending a probe into the earth, an act that would shatter the secrecy fairies have maintained for centuries and destabilize their society. As Opal's plot unfolds, Artemis and his fairy allies, including Holly Short, must set aside old tensions to stop her before the exposure she is engineering can be completed, with the consequences reaching far beyond their earlier, more personal conflicts.
Where it sits
- Universe: Artemis Fowl
- Series: Artemis Fowl core; position 4 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Eoin Colfer
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 4 of 8: previous Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code (2003) · next Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (2005)
Sources
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