Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, 385 pages

"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, the yused 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..."

I thought this storyline was a bit out there, more so than the other books. The other stories have kind of built upon each other and made sense, but this one starts off with Artemis waiting for the demon to materialize and you have no idea how he's figured that out or why he's doing it. As far as I can remember, there's never been any mention of the 8th family before. Still, once you get into it it's a fun story. Holly and Artemis team up yet again and have to save themselves from an amusement park filled with trolls.