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Artemis Fowl #6 The Time Paradox

by Eion Colfer

Science Fiction & Fantasy » Fantasy

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Artemis Fowl's mother contracts a debilitating disease, which Artemis can not heal with magic. She has got a hope that mother's condition will be better. They determine Angeline is suffering from Spelltropy, a fairy disease that is spread through the use of magic, and can only be cured by the brain fluid of the silky sifaka lemur of Madagascar. But lemur was extinct...

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...didn't find their clothes.' 'Not a stitch.' 'Which would mean that they broke in here and bypassed security in their underwear.' 'That is extraordinary,' admitted Butler. Artemis took a penlight from his jacket pocket, shining it on Holly, setting the strands of her silver wig sparkling like a disco ball. 'There's something about this one. Her bone structure is very unusual. The cheekbones are high - Slavic, perhaps - and the brow is wide and childlike. But the proportion of skull to torso is adult, not infant.' Butler chuckled low in his throat. 'So, they're aliens?' 'The young man is human, but she's something else,' said Artemis thoughtfully. 'Genetically enhanced, perhaps.' He moved the beam of light along her cheekbone. 'See here. The ears are pointed. Amazing.' Artemis felt an excitement buzzing on his forehead. Something was happening here. Something important. There were surely serious amounts of money to be earned from this situation. He rubbed his palms briskly. 'Very...