Publisher, Random House Audiobooks (May 25, 2009)

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Winner of the 2011 Audie® Award for Best Thriller / Suspense Audiobook

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.

About the Author, Karl Stig-Erland Larsson: Stieg Larsson, who lived in Sweden, was the editor in chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on antidemocratic right-wing extremist and Nazi organizations. He died in 2004, shortly after delivering the manuscript for this and two subsequent novels.

About the Performer: Simon Vance is a stage, TV and film actor who has narrated more than 200 audiobooks for which he has won seven AudioFile earphone awards and three consecutive Audie nominations. He has also been selected as an AudioFile Golden Voice. His most recent BOT narrations include: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson, Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, and D-Day by Anthony Beevor. Formerly a BBC Radio newsreader in London he now resides in Northern California.