Name: The Lost Colony
Rating: 4.039285714285715 (140 reviews)
ISBN: 9781432875633

Eoin Colfer

When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe--a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemis's own--as they try to prevent catastrophe.

The Lost Colony

When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe, a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemis's own.

Kirsten Simkiss

You know what, I really liked this one. Sure, it was a little predictable, but the direction and the action of the book was fantastic. I love the implications for future books and I love how Artemis developed over the course of the story. I can’t imagine how much trouble Artemis will be in future books. I happily give this on 5 stars. I just didn’t want to put it down.

It’s also worth mentioning that the new characters we get in this book are pretty fantastic. Doodah Day, for instance, is someone I sincerely hope we get to see more of in the future. Minerva is someone I’m sure we’ll get to see.

I also look forward to how the solution to the book has changed the world Artemis knew. Obviously, there’s a large gap in what he knew and what now is. I wonder what his parents will say.

All in all, this story was great. Like most books in a series, don’t read this one out of order. But definitely read it. It’s a lot of fun.

Samiha Tasnim

‘I thought you were one of a kind, Artemis, but that girl is a smart one.’
‘Yes,’ said Artemis, musing. ‘She’s a regular juvenile criminal mastermind.’
Below ground, in Section Eight HQ, Foaly groaned into his microphone. ‘Great,’ he said. ‘Now there are two of you.’


I am young enough to believe in magic and old enough to understand how it works.


Oh, shut up, responded her irritated side eloquently.


‘How do you like the plan so far?’
‘Well, I don’t like the first bit and I don’t know the last bit. So, I’m really hoping the middle bit is exceptional.’


Why is it, he wondered, that the smart ones always think that they’re invincible?


Even No1 was entranced. ‘What is that?’
Qwan fluttered his fingers, causing the monkey to somersault.
‘It’s a simple magical construct. Instead of allowing the sparks to roam on instinct, I marshal them into a recognizable form. It takes time and effort, but in time you will have this micro-control too.’
‘No,’ said No1. ‘I mean what is that?’
Qwan sighed. ‘It’s a monkey.’


‘I know magic can be stolen,’ said Artemis. ‘Because I stole some myself.’


Holly had been dead and now she was alive.
Artemis’s hand tingled with the phantom memory of a gun it may or may not have held moments before.
There will be consequences for this, he thought. You can’t alter events in time and be unaffected. But whatever the consequences are, I will bear them, because the alternative is too terrible.


Artemis focused on the important things he had left behind, and realized that they were all people. Mother, Father, Butler, Foaly and Mulch. Possessions that he had believed important now meant nothing.

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Jeni Enjaian

A review from my old blog...

Wow. What a way to end the series (I don't know if Eoin Colfer plans to write any more Artemis Fowl but if he doesn't end up adding any more to the series than The Lost Colony was an excellent way to finish up the story).

Personally I have always been interested in time travel and the whole idea of messing with the time/space continuum which is what this book does when it introduces an 8th family to the people, demons. Granted, involving demons usually sends a book in a whole different direction of myth and lore but Colfer managed to keep these demons from dragging the book away from the original tone of the stories.

I feel as though I jumped too quickly on the de-villainizing of Artemis Fowl's character. Now that I have read all five books currently in the series I understand why these stories can take the direction they take and why Artemis gradually becomes not so much the always bad criminal mastermind. If Artemis didn't change at all his character would be as static and stock as any other super-villain pulled out of the hat. Colfer though throws some twists in there that make me very sad that there are no more books in the series.

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