Lisbeth Salander, recovering from her confrontation with her father and the head wounds she received in the process, was determined to piece together the final clues and get revenge on all those who hurt her. But suddenly her enemies are turning on themselves and wiping out each other, while continuing to hurt the people Lisbeth cares most about. Realizing she can no longer act alone, Lisbeth reached out to her old friend Mikael Blomkvist, before throwing herself to he mercy of the Swedish legal system.