Product Description

The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson's internationally best-selling trilogy...

Lisbeth Salander--the heart of Larsson's two previous novels--lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge--against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.

Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88 in Books
• Published on: 2010-05-25
• Released on: 2010-05-25
• Format: Deckle Edge
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.55" h x 1.73" w x 6.55" l, 2.06 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 576 pages

Features

• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Hardcover with a Book Jacket
• Written by Stieg Larsson, Translated from Swedish by Reg Keeland
• Published by Alfred A. Knopf, NY
• 26th Printing, April 2011
• ISBN-10: 030726999X, ISBN-13: 9780307269997

Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2010 As the finale to Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is not content to merely match the adrenaline-charged pace that made international bestsellers out of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. Instead, it roars with an explosive storyline that blows the doors off the series and announces that the very best has been saved for last. A familiar evil lies in wait for Lisbeth Salander, but this time, she must do more than confront the miscreants of her past; she must destroy them. Much to her chagrin, survival requires her to place a great deal of faith in journalist Mikael Blomkvist and trust his judgment when the stakes are highest. To reveal more of the plot would be criminal, as Larsson's mastery of the unexpected is why millions have fallen hard for his work. But rest assured that the odds are again stacked, the challenges personal, and the action fraught with neck-snapping revelations in this snarling conclusion to a thrilling triad. This closing chapter to The Girl's pursuit of justice is guaranteed to leave readers both satisfied and saddened once the final page has been turned. --Dave Callanan

From Publishers Weekly
The exhilarating conclusion to bestseller Larsson's Millennium trilogy (after The Girl Who Played with Fire) finds Lisbeth Salander, the brilliant computer hacker who was shot in the head in the final pages of Fire, alive, though still the prime suspect in three murders in Stockholm. While she convalesces under armed guard, journalist Mikael Blomkvist works to unravel the decades-old coverup surrounding the man who shot Salander: her father, Alexander Zalachenko, a Soviet intelligence defector and longtime secret asset to Säpo, Sweden's security police. Estranged throughout Fire, Blomkvist and Salander communicate primarily online, but their lack of physical interaction in no way diminishes the intensity of their unconventional relationship. Though Larsson (1954–2004) tends toward narrative excess, his was an undeniably powerful voice in crime fiction that will be sorely missed. 500,000 first printing. (May)
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From Bookmarks Magazine
I love this stuff, although why, exactly, has long been something of a mystery to me, writes Laura Miller (Salon). Certainly, the series as a whole has its share of action--serial killers, sex trafficking, political conspiracy--and compelling messages about violence against women, social responsibility, and good and evil. And Salander is a compellingly abused, antisocial, and bisexual antihero. But many critics felt hard-pressed to identify why the trilogy stands out. After all, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest has its share of faults--including clichéd, workmanlike prose; tangled plots; and tedious repetition. Perhaps the Guardian sums it up: "This is a grown-up novel for grown-up readers, who want something more than a quick fix and a car chase. And it's why the Millennium trilogy is rightly a publishing phenomenon all over the world."