In vain, Eva Gabrielsson had insurged that this son of an intellectual from the upscale neighborhoods resume the series imagined by a militant journalist of provincial origin, very committed to the left and who disdained the socialites. The inheritance controversy had aroused years later when the decision of a first sequel entrusted to the best-selling author David Lagercrantz, with the agreement of the brother and the father of Stieg Larsson, legatees of his work. He will therefore never have known fortune or seen the success of his work, just like his companion Eva Gabrielsson, excluded from the succession because the couple was not married. With more than 100 million copies sold, published in more than 50 countries around the world and adapted several times to the cinema, the saga Millennium was one of the greatest publishing boxes of the 21st century, combined with a tragic fate.Īn investigative journalist specializing in far-right movements, Stieg Larsson died of a heart attack in 2004 just after handing in his first three manuscripts – Men who didn’t like women (published in 2005), The girl who dreamed of a gas can and a match (2006) and The queen in the drafty palace (2007). The name of the author who will take up the torch is not yet known. “Carrying further this deeply loved story is not only exhilarating and honoring, but also demanding,” said managing editor Jonas Axelsson. After the phenomenon of the first posthumous trilogy of Stieg Larsson, then a second trilogy signed by a best-selling author, the goose that lays the golden eggs of Swedish thrillers will continue with three new opus. Swedish publisher Polaris announced Monday that it had secured the rights to three new books about the adventures of investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander.Ī “new sequel” for the saga Millennium.

The millennium saga