书目

The Lost Colony

内容简介

Tenthousandyearsago,humansandfairiesfoughtagreatbattleforthemagicalislandofIreland.Whenitbecamecleartothefairyfamiliesthattheycouldneverwin,theydecidedtomovetheircivilizationundergroundandkeepthemselveshiddenfromthehumans.Allthefairyfamiliesagreedonthis,exceptthe8thfamily,thedemons.Thedemonsplannedtolifttheirsmallislandoutoftimeuntiltheyhadregroupedandwerereadytowagewaronthehumansoncemore.Howeverthetimespellwentwrong,andtheislandofHybraswascatapultedintoLimbo,whereithasremainedfortenthousandyears.Now,thetaintedtimespellisdeterioratinganddemonsarebeingsuckedbackintothepresentspaceandtime.ThefairyCouncilisnaturallyconcernedaboutthisandismonitoringanymaterializations.Whenthespell’sdeteriorationaccelerates,thematerializationsbecomeunpredictable.Eventhefairyscientistscannotfigureoutwherethenextdemonwillpopup.Butsomeonecan.ArtemisFowl,teenagecriminalmastermindhassolvedtemporalequationsthatnonormalhumanshouldbeintelligentenoughtounderstand.SowhenaconfusedandfrighteneddemonpopsupinaSiciliantheatre,ArtemisFowlistheretomeethim.Unfortunately,heisnottheonlyone.Asecond,mysteriouspartyhasalsosolvedthetemporalequations,andhasmanagedtoabductthedemonbeforeArtemiscansecurehim.Thisisadisasterforthefairypeople,asthisdemonwasnoordinaryfairy.Hewasthelastdemonwarlock,theonewhoheldthekeytothesurvivaloftheentiredemonrace.ItisuptoArtemisandhisoldcomrade,CaptainHollyShort,totrackdownthemissingdemonandrescuehim,beforethetimespelldissolvescompletelyandthelostdemoncolonyreturnsviolentlytoEarth.

作者简介

EoinColfer(pronouncedOwen)wasborninWexfordontheSouth-EastcoastofIrelandin1965,whereheandhisfourbrotherswerebroughtupbyhisfather(anelementaryschoolteacher,historianandartistofnote)andmother(adramateacher).Hefirstdevelopedaninterestinwritinginprimary(elementary)schoolwithgrippingVikingstoriesinspiredbyhistoryhewaslearninginschoolatthetime!AfterleavingschoolhegothisdegreefromDublinuniversityandqualifiedasaprimaryschoolteacher,returningtoworkinWexford.Hemarriedin1991andheandhiswifespentabout4yearsbetween1992and1996workinginSaudiArabia,TunisiaandItaly.Hisfirstbook,BennyandOmar,waspublishedin1998,basedonhisexperiencesinTunisia;ithassincebeentranslatedintomanylanguages.Asequelfollowedin1999,followedbysomeotherbooks(seebelow).Thenin2001thefirstArtemisFowlbookwaspublishedandhewasabletoresignfromteachingandconcentratefullyonwriting.

丛书

Artemis Fowl

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