The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Swedish: Luftslottet som sprängdes, "The Air Castle That was Blown up") is the third and final novel in the best-selling Millennium Trilogy[1][2] by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2007 and in English in the UK in October 2009.
The Swedish title literally means "The Air Castle That Was Blown Up. " Luftslott ("air castle") is used in Swedish to designate a pipe dream. The US and Canadian editions, published on May 25, 2010, change the English-language title to The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, with "hornet" in the singular form. [3][4]
The novel is the sequel to The Girl Who Played with Fire.