Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, by Eoin Colfer

 bIn The Eternity Code, by Eoin Colfer (pronounced OWEN, by the way) is the third book of the Artemis Fowl series. As with the first two books, The Eternity Code was a hit book and ranked high on the list of best books. Artemis Fowl II, the main character, is the son of Artemis Fowl I, who was the father of one of the most crime-filled families in Dublin, Ireland. Now that Artemis Fowl I has been retrieved by the Russian Mafia by Artemis Fowl II and his faerie friends, Artemis Fowl I has gone straight and will not fill Dublin with crime anymore. But before the whole family goes straight, Artemis Fowl II has one more plan to do, and that involves the C Cube, the biggest supercomputer on land that will make all other machinery obsolete. The C Cube has a micro optic sensor that will scan anything and hack into it no matter how many security measures have been put onto it. It was made when the faerie friends (who live underground because they are afraid of the humans finding out about them and have a centaur named Foaly that makes supercomputers centuries past our technology) forgot some helmets in the Fowl Manor and Artemis Fowl II, being a child genius, took apart the helmets and made a supercomputer (C Cube). When Artemis Fowl (II) meets up with Jon Spiro, a CEO of a company that makes supercomputers (just regular supercomputers, not a computer like the C Cube), Jon set up a clever plan and takes the C Cube and finds out how to use it. The only problem is that the Cube is set up with and Eternity Code, and only Artemis can unlock the Cube.
This book is full of action and mischief that you can only get around a child genius. While laying out a clever plan, and with the help of his faerie friends, he goes to Spiro Needle and attempts to retrieve the cube. Twisting of the plot and two clever geniuses outwitting each other make the story interesting and fun to read. Also the book is about an hour, a lot shorter than most books but it’s still action packed.
Another weird thing about the book is that it has “hieroglyphics on the cover (if you look closely) and on the top and bottom of the pages (in the first book). That is gnommish and it can be translated. http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/translate/gnommish/gnommish.htm