Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox

Eoin Colfer  (author)

Puffin, UK: 2008; 368pp

ISBN: 9780141383347

Genres: adventure, crime, fantasy

Issues:  crime, environment (endangered species), friendship

The sixth in the series, ‘Time Paradox' sees Artemis Fowl embarking on yet another action-packed adventure involving time travel, an endangered species of lemur, and a Machiavellian young mastermind who seems all too familiar - his younger self.

Eoin Colfer has accelerated his usual frantic pace and moved into the realms of organised chaos. Cross and double cross, truthful lies, magic, madness and mayhem are all mixed together with amazing hi-tech gadgetry and unexpected cross-species friendships.

Artemis the Elder finds the calculating heartlessness and arrogance of his younger self a decided shock, showing him just how much his previous adventures have affected his moral and interpersonal development.

An entertaining novel coloured by Colfer's warped and subversive imagination, ‘Time Paradox' is heavily anchored in Artemis' previous adventures and readers should be aware that this story will make more sense if they've read a couple of the earlier books.