The Atlantis Complex is the seventh book in the Artemis Fowl series. It is about a boy named Artemis Fowl who is very intelligent and belongs to a wealthy family that has had a history of criminal activity with the highly trained Butler bodyguards. In the earlier books in the series he finds out about a secret race of magic fairy people living underground with more advanced technology than humans. At first Artemis tries to gain wealth by holding an elf captive but he changes throughout the series and befriends them.
The main conflict in this book is between Artemis and a fairy named Turnball Root. Turnball is trying to break out of prison. He is full of revenge at the LEP (fairy police), which he was once part of, for locking him up. He also wants to see his human wife, but she is aged more than him because fairies live longer. At first a hijacked fairy probe attacks Artemis and He and his friend Holly do not know where it is from. The suspense builds until as they find out more about whom it is and an attack on Atlantis.
While this is happening, Artemis has been developing a disorder known as Atlantis Complex. He starts counting things, displaying obsessive-compulsive behavior, and loses trust even in his loyal bodyguard Butler. In the second stage of this psychosis he develops a second personality. Artemis has to put all this aside to face greater challenges.
If you like adventure and action than this is a great book for you. There is some humor in this book too which makes it lively. You will probably not understand this book as well if you have not read the rest of the series. It had a good plot and was exciting. I do not think it was good as some of the other books in the series because there were not as many schemes that involved complex ideas like time travel that would have made the book more interesting. A theme throughout the book and the whole series is everyone can change.
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