There was no hiding the regret. It kept her awake at night, and haunted her dreams. If she could have one last chance to speak to him, she would tell him those words. And those would be the only words she would say, because nothing else mattered. All that mattered was that she loved him, forever and always.

When Artemis Fowl finds himself suckered into a family trip to America during his last summer of freedom before college, admittedly he finds himself wishing it was all said and done already. But when he runs into a girl and her friends at the local museum, he is sure his life will never be the same again, even more so when he discovers his nemesis Jon Spiro is out of jail and seeking revenge...