Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident

Artemis Fowl I went down with his ship when the Russian Mafia sank it, and for three years he has been presumed lost. Now his twelve-year-old son, Artemis Fowl II, a criminal mastermind, learns that his father is alive and being held prisoner. He and his bodyguard Butler begin planning a rescue.

Then goblins with illegal weapons attack the Lower Elements Police, the fairy force Artemis crossed in the first book. Commander Root and Captain Holly Short offer him a bargain. If he helps them trace whoever is arming the goblins, the fairies will help him free his father.

The trail runs to Murmansk and a plot to seize power underground, run by a disgraced former LEP officer and a brilliant pixie inventor. Artemis must work beside the very people he once kidnapped. The kleptomaniac dwarf Mulch Diggums lends a hand.

This is the second Artemis Fowl novel, first published in 2002. It moves fast, mixing fairy fantasy with heist-style scheming and a family drama at its core, and it suits middle-grade and young adult readers. The rescue Artemis has to pull off grows far larger than anything he planned.