Artemis requires the help of the fairy folk once more as he is tricked in handing over the C Cube super computer he has constructed from stolen fairy technology, to Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro. This time Butler`s life is at stake so Artemis, Butler`s sister Juliet and Holly Short travel to Chicago to steal back the cube and ensure that Spiro is put out of business - permanently! This is the third title in this best selling series. Artemis Fowl was nominated for the Whitbread Children`s Book of the Year and won the WHSmith Children`s Book of the Year award.