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.