Continuing with the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, author David Lagercrantz
resumes the adventures of Lisbeth Salander, a computer genius/hacker
extraordinaire and her quest to right the wrongs of her world and those of the
world at large. All of the novels are set in modern day Sweden, flavored by the
Swedish culture and featuring its government officials, police, and criminals
as story characters.
In this novel, as in the earlier ones,
Salander works with Mikael Blomkvist, editor of the investigative journal Millennium. Although the reclusive
Lisbeth was abused and victimized during her childhood and adolescence, she is
beginning to adapt to a more psychologically balanced life, thanks in no small
part to Mikael’s efforts. Now Lisbeth has discovered that the experimental twin
study that tainted the life of her and her birth family also claimed other
victims; among them a pair of mirror image identical twins who are unaware of
each other’s existence. The suspense builds: these twins discover one another,
Lisbeth’s life is threatened by a master criminal, a Muslim woman finds her
radical brothers and father ready to kill her, and much more. Although some of
the story is somewhat improbable, its rapid pace keeps the reader engrossed.
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