Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Living… in the city of Haven in the Lower Elements, the fairy civilization near the Earth’s core. Her parents are dead, so she lives alone, but she seems fairly comfortable and has all the basic amenities: a futon, a cooler with smoothies, hot showers, and slime pools.
Visiting… the surface of Earth, which is effectively the world of the “Mud People” (humans). Holly gets sent up when there’s fairy trouble in order to locate it and assess the situation.
Profession… officer in the Lower Elements Police, Recon division (LEPrecon). As the first female officer in Recon she’s under a lot of pressure to be on her best behavior. She’s the test case for introducing more gender equality to the department.
Interests… flying above ground. The taste of surface air, the picturesque view of nature, and even the flashy Mud People attractions like Disneyland are all delightful to Holly.
Relationship Status… single, which is ironic considering she’s Cupid’s granddaughter. She’s pretty attractive, so it’s not like she doesn’t have prospects; she just doesn’t have time. Working the Recon division is a fulltime job, especially with her boss, Julius Root, breathing down her neck all the time.
Challenge… escaping from the clutches of the teenage mastermind, Artemis Fowl. Through a mixture of magic and technology, fairies have hidden their existence from the human world for hundreds of years. But all of that is threatened when Artemis deduces that fairies exist, and hatches a ransom scheme in order to swell his already considerable fortune. He kidnaps Holly and holds her hostage in exchange for a substantial payment of gold. If Holly wants to keep the peace between humans and fairies – as well as her job – she’ll have to find a way to stop Artemis from succeeding in his greedy machinations.
Personality… caring, brave, and with a strong sense of right and wrong. Even though she thinks “the Mud People had a lot to answer for,” she swore to her mother that she would dedicate herself to protecting life in all its forms, and is willing to risk her life for humans. While Holly can keep a cool head in dangerous situations, she gets frustrated when people try to control her, and has a pesky habit of ignoring direct orders and deferring to her conscience.
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After being held prisoner for years, Artemis Fowl's father has finally come home. He is a new man—an honest man, much to Artemis's horror. He makes his son promise to give up his life of crime, and Artemis has to go along with it. But not until he has completed one last scheme.Artemis has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. Called the C Cube, it will render all existing human technology obsolete. He arranges a meeting with a powerful Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro, to broker a deal for the C Cube. But Spiro springs a trap—he steals the C Cube and mortally injures Butler. Artemis knows his only hope of saving his loyal bodyguard is to employ fairy magic; so once again he must contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may just run out. . .
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Thousands of years ago, fairies and humans fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear that they could not win, all of the fairies moved belowground—except for the 8th Family, the demons. Rather than surrender, they used a magical time spell to take their colony out of time and into Limbo. There they have lived for decades, preparing to exact their violent revenge on humans. Now the time spell is unraveling, and demons are beginning to materialize without warning on Earth. If humans were to find out about them, all fairies would be exposed. To protect themselves, the fairies must predict when the next demon will materialize. But in order to do so, they will have to decipher temporal equations so complicated; even a great brain like Foaly can't understand them. But he knows someone who can: Artemis Fowl. So when a very confused demon imp appears in a Sicilian theater, Artemis is there to meet him. But he is not alone. There is someone else who has unlocked the secrets of the fairy world and managed to solve complex mathematical problems as only a genius could. And she is just twelve years old. . .
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This young criminal genius is no stranger to trouble. In fact, he's a magnet for it. Man-eating trolls, armed and dangerous (not to mention hi-tech) fairies, flame-throwing goblins—he's seen the lot. He had decided to forego criminal activity of the more magical kind. However now his mother is gravely ill. Artemis Fowl must travel back through time to steal the cure from the clutches of the devious mastermind: Artemis Fowl. That's right. With fairy ally Captain Holly Short by his side, Artemis is going back in time to do battle with his deadliest enemy yet. Himself. Let the misadventure begin.
