What is a summary for Artemis Fowl book 1 ch1-ch5?

Answer 1

Artemis Fowl does research and finds a Sprite, from whom he borrows the Book. He translates it from Gnommish and uses it to locate likely locations at which a fairy will go to replenish their magic. He and Butler stake out these locations.

Captain Holly Short is sent out to do recon on an unshielded troll. During the mission, she runs out of magic and a child sees her. Commander Root sends her to replenish her magic.

She happens to be at the same magical hotspot that Artemis and Butler are staking out at that time. She attempts to use the mesmer on them, as she only has enough magic for that, but to her Horror discovers that it doesn't work (as they are wearing sunglasses) and that these humans know sacred secrets of the fairy race. Butler shoots her with a tranquillizer and they kidnap her.

Commander Root and Foaly discover Holly has been kidnapped and Root goes to the surface to track her by her locator. Meanwhile, Artemis takes apart the fairy technology Holly had on her and discovers her locator. He sets a trap for Root on a Japanese whaler, involving Holly's locator, a message and a bomb, while Butler creates a distraction involving six men getting beat up by him.

Holly wakes up in Fowl Manor and learns a few things about her captors and how much they know about Fairy Law, from Juliet. Root springs the trap and discovers just who it is that has kidnapped his officer and is the fairies' enemy, Artemis Fowl.