Archive for the ‘thriller’ Category
Melvin Burgess paints an epic picture of a dystopian future which fuses elements of fantasy and science fiction in a dark and visceral tale of war and betrayal.
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It’s America, post industrial revolution and a corrupt extreme left-wing government is causing an economic crisis. Funded by the steel industry, the government is not best pleased when Hank Rearden discovers a new alloy that is both stronger and cheaper than steel; so they use scientists to prevent him from bringing it to market, setting the scene for some hard-hitting anti-establishment fiction.
The last we saw of Lisbeth Salander, she was clinging to life. In The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest she is still in hospital, but is now also the victim of a conspiracy to charge her for two murders and the attempted murder of her own father! With only her doctor and Mikael Blomkvist, editor of Millennium Magazine on her side, Lisbeth’s future looks bleak – especially with a policeman in the hospital room with them at all times!
