Twelve-year-old villain, artemis fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. his bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. but he's taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps captain holly short of the leprecon (lower elements police reconnaissance unit). for a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. add to that the fact that holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer commander root will stop at nothing to get her back and you've got the mother of all sieges brewing!