This was a nightmare scenario for any bodyguard: stuck in the middle of a transparent tube, several miles underwater, with a murdering band of fugitives at one end and an enthralled but still highly skilled police officer at the other.

The thing about reading is that if you are hooked, you're not going to stop just because one series is over; you're going to go and find something else.

Artemis turned and stared at his friend with the blue eyes. Holly was staring back, and she was smiling. “I remember,” she said aloud. “You saved me.” Artemis smiled back. “It never happened,” he said.

Radomosity, thought Artemis. And he felt like weeping.

Ma was using her for-company voice. Sweet on the outside but with an underlying death threat.

Miss me? Bet you did ... so would I.

Artemis Fowl grinned right back at him and pointed his index finger to the sky... from the tip of this finger sprang a small blue spark that exploded like a tiny firework. “I know magic can be stolen,” said Artemis. “Because I stole some myself.