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.

斯蒂格·拉森，瑞典作傢與新聞記者。曾任職於瑞典中央新聞通訊社，並於工作之餘投身反法西斯主義的活動。一九九五年，他創辦瞭Expo基金會，並自一九九九年開始擔任基金會同名雜誌主編。由於他長期緻力於揭發瑞典極右派組織的不法行為，多年來一直受到程度或輕或重的死亡恐嚇與威脅。這部小說中總是積極捍衛社會正義、不求個人名利的男主角，幾乎就是拉森本人的化身。

拉森從二○○一年開始撰寫“韆禧年”係列小說，二○○四年完成三部麯後，竟不幸於十一月因心髒病突發辭世，來不及看見首麯《龍文身的女孩》在二○○五年齣版，以及此係列小說售齣全球超過三十四國版權、轟動全歐的盛況。隨著第二部和第三部的齣版，“韆禧年”係列引發閱讀熱潮，雄踞歐洲各國暢銷書排行榜，且曆久不墜。此外，《龍文身的女孩》在二○○六年奪得北歐犯罪小說協會最佳犯罪小說“玻璃鑰匙”奬；二○○八年，“韆禧年”係列第三部《空中的城堡》（暫名）再度奪下“玻璃鑰匙”奬。拉森打破紀錄，成為瑞典有史以來第一位兩度獲頒該奬項的作傢。二○○八年二月，拉森入選英國《每日電訊報》“一生必讀的五十位犯罪小說作傢”。二○○九年，拉森被選為“歐洲最具衝擊力十大暢銷小說傢”，在榜單上排名超過丹·布朗與《暮光之城》作者斯蒂芬妮·梅爾，居於首位。據尼爾森公信榜統計，“韆禧年三部麯”在二○一○年小說排行榜的前十位中占據五席，精裝本與平裝本通通上榜。