The Girl Who Played with Fire () is the second novel in the best-selling "Millennium" series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. The book features many of the characters who appeared in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2005), among them the title character, Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant computer hacker and social misfit, and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist and publisher of "Millennium " magazine. Widely seen as a critical success, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" was also (according to "The Bookseller" magazine) the first and only translated novel to be number one in the UK hardback chart.
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Introduction
Posthumously, in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. It was published in Swedish in 2007; in English, in the UK, in October 2009 It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. January 2009
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Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara
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what is the movie about?
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Mikael Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a woman from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years prior. He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker.
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where was it film?
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Stockholm, Sweden; Uppsala; Zurich, Switzerland; and finally Oslo, Norway.
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Reznor and Ross
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is there a sequel to it?
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Yes, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest".
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when are these sequels going to be released?
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is the latter aforementioned sequel a novel?
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Yes, it is the second novel in the best-selling "Millennium" series.
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The Girl Who Played with Fire () is the second novel in the best-selling "Millennium" series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. The book features many of the characters who appeared in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2005), among them the title character, Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant computer hacker and social misfit, and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist and publisher of "Millennium " magazine. Widely seen as a critical success, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" was also (according to "The Bookseller" magazine) the first and only translated novel to be number one in the UK hardback chart.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Introduction
The Girl Who Played with Fire () is a 2009 crime thriller film directed by Daniel Alfredson and the sequel to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the second entry in his "Millennium" series. The film follows Lisbeth Salander as she returns to Sweden after spending a year abroad. She falls under suspicion of having murdered a journalist and his girlfriend, as well as her own social services guardian, Nils Bjurman. Mikael Blomkvist has to do what he can to find her before the authorities do.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Introduction
A sequel, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", was released two months later, on 27 November 2009.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Introduction
The novel is formally divided into a prologue followed by four parts. The prologue of the book opens with a girl captured and restrained inside a dark room by an unidentified male. To cope with being captured, she mentally replays a past episode when she threw a milk carton filled with gasoline onto another man inside a car and tossed an ignited match onto him.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Synopsis
Yellow Bird and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer partnered with Columbia Pictures to produce an English-language adaptation of the first novel. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was written by Steven Zaillian, directed by David Fincher and produced by Scott Rudin, with Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander. Along with "Dragon Tattoo", Fincher and Zaillian signed a two-picture deal to adapt "The Girl Who Played with Fire", and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", which would possibly have been shot back to back. In January 2012, it was announced that Sony was "moving forward" with the adaptations of "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest".
Millennium (novel series) | American films
The English version was published in January 2009 and immediately became a number 1 bestseller. It received generally positive reviews from most of the major UK newspapers. Many reviewers agreed with Joan Smith at "The Sunday Times" that this novel was “even more gripping and astonishing than the first”. Most of the reviewers concentrated mainly on the character of Lisbeth Salander, with Mark Lawson at the "Guardian" saying that "the huge pleasure of these books is Salander, a fascinating creation with a complete and complex psychology." Boyd Tonkin in "The Independent" said: "the spiky and sassy Lisbeth Salander – punkish wild child, traumatised survivor of the 'care' system, sexual adventurer and computer hacker of genius" was "the most original heroine to emerge in crime fiction for many years".
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Reception
It was published by Jimmy Patterson Books in November 2018. "Girl of Paper and Fire" debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list. The second novel in the series, "Girls of Storm and Shadow", picks up right after the events of the first, following Lei and Wren as they travel the kingdom to gain favors from rebel clans after the assassination of the Demon King. "Girls of Storm and Shadow" was released in November 2019. The last and final novel, "Girls of Fate and Fury", is scheduled for publication in 2021.
Natasha Ngan | "Girls of Paper and Fire" series
In December 2011, Fincher stated that the creative team involved planned to film the sequels "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", "back to back." There was an announced release date of 2013 for a film version of "The Girl Who Played with Fire", although by August 2012 it was delayed due to changes being done to the script, being written by Steven Zaillian. By July 2013, Andrew Kevin Walker was hired to re-write the script. The following year, Fincher stated that a script for "The Girl that Played with Fire" had been written and that it was "extremely different from the book," and that despite the long delay, he was confident that the film would be made given that the studio "already has spent millions of dollars on the rights and the script".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Sequel
Michiko Kakutani at "The New York Times" wrote that "Salander and Blomkvist, transcend their genre and insinuate themselves in the reader’s mind through their oddball individuality, their professional competence and, surprisingly, their emotional vulnerability."
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Reception
Nils Bjurman, Palmgren's replacement, continues to nurture a growing hatred for his ward after the events of "Dragon Tattoo". His fury has caused him to diminish his practice down to a single client (Salander) and focus his attention on capturing her and destroying the film she made of him raping her. He scrutinizes Salander's medical records, and thus identifies an incident named "All the Evil" as well as a person from her past as his strongest ally. In the meantime, Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of "Millennium" magazine, has lost contact with Salander, who has refused even to open his letters.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Part 2 – From Russia with Love
Later the same night, Blomkvist calls on the couple, and finds them both shot dead in their apartment, the killer having apparently left the building only seconds before. Blomkvist notifies Erika Berger, the "Millennium"s editor-in-chief and his lover, of the double murder, and the magazine's management team holds an emergency meeting at which they decide to postpone the publication of Svensson's book and the associated magazine special. They decide to backtrack Svensson's research to ensure the accuracy of the material, and to comb through it for possible murder motives, while Blomkvist is tasked with finishing Svensson's mostly-completed book. Prosecutor Richard Ekström assembles an investigative team, led by Inspector Jan Bublanski, who selects Sonja Modig for inclusion in the team because of her sensitivity to women's issues.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Part 3 – Absurd Equations
He is therefore surprised, shortly after her return, while he is walking past Salander's apartment in the vain hope of running into her, to see her being attacked by a ponytailed man with a beer gut, a member of the Svavelsjö outlaw motorcycle club. Blomkvist attempts to help, to Salander's astonishment, and their joint efforts enable her to elude her attacker.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Part 2 – From Russia with Love
The Fire, published in 2008, is a novel by American author Katherine Neville. It is an adventure/quest novel which is a sequel to her debut novel "The Eight". The main character, Alexandra Solarin (daughter of Catherine Velis), must enter into a cryptic world of danger and conspiracy in order to recover the pieces of the Montglane Service, a legendary chess set once owned by Charlemagne. The novel contains several repeated elements from "The Eight" and was a New York Times Bestseller for six months.
The Fire (novel) | Introduction
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (original title in ) is the third novel in the best-selling "Millennium" series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published in Swedish in 2007; in English, in the UK, in October 2009; and in the US and Canada on 25 May 2010. The first three novels in the series, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2005), "The Girl Who Played with Fire" (2006), and "The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" were written by Stieg Larsson before being shown to a publisher and were published posthumously after his fatal heart attack in 2004.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Introduction
Upon the December 2011 release of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the American adaptation of the Stieg Larsson novel, Fincher revealed the plan was to make the sequels "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", "back to back." The script for "Who Played with Fire" was revised by Steven Zaillian and Andrew Kevin Walker at various stages. Upon the release of "The Girl in the Spider's Web" by David Lagercrantz, Sony Pictures elected to reboot the series instead with an adaptation of the new novel. It was released in 2018, directed by Fede Álvarez and starring Claire Foy.
David Fincher's unrealized projects | "The Girl Who Played with Fire"
The sequel and final book in the series of two is "The Web of Fire", published in 2006. Set four years after the first book, the novel returns Sam to Aurobon where he and Skipper fight against Odoursin's vicious insect army and learn of a plot to destroy humankind using the President of the United States as a pawn.
The Dreamwalker's Child | Sequel
Blomkvist enlists the help of managing editor Malin Eriksson to investigate the murders, during which investigation Blomkvist realizes that Salander has hacked into his notebook computer. He leaves her notes on his desktop, and her replies point him to "Zala". Blomkvist confronts Gunnar Björck, a policeman on sick leave and one of the high-ranking abusers identified by Dag and Mia, who agrees to disclose information about Zala if Blomkvist leaves him out of "Millennium"'s exposé.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Part 3 – Absurd Equations
The Girl of Fire and Thorns is the debut novel of author Rae Carson, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. It is the first novel of the Fire and Thorns trilogy, followed by "The Crown of Embers" (2012) and "The Bitter Kingdom" (2013).
The Girl of Fire and Thorns | Introduction
She digs her way out, however, and hits her father in the face with an axe before losing consciousness. Blomkvist finds her and calls an ambulance, saving her life. The novel expands upon Salander's childhood. She is portrayed as having been an extremely bright but asocial child who would violently lash out at anyone who threatened or picked on her. This was in part the result of a troubled home life; Zalachenko repeatedly beat her mother but escaped punishment because the Section perceived his value to the Swedish State as being more important than her mother's civil rights.
Lisbeth Salander | "The Girl Who Played With Fire"
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire is young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in April 2008. It is the second of the "Skulduggery Pleasant" series and sequel to the novel of the same name. The story follows the sorcerers and detectives Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant and numerous magic-wielding allies as they try to prevent Baron Vengeous and his forces from resurrecting the Grotesquery and returning the Faceless Ones to the world. The book would not see release in the US and Canada until 2018. HarperCollins Audio also publishes the unabridged CD sets of the books read by Rupert Degas.
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire | Introduction
Fire Star is a 2005 novel by an English author, Chris D'Lacey. It is the sequel to his 2003 novel "Icefire", and is followed by "The Fire Eternal", which came out in September 2007.
Fire Star (novel) | Introduction
"The Fire" is launched thirty years after the events of "The Eight", when the a chess piece from the Montglane Service mysteriously resurfaces in Russia. The children of the previous characters know nothing of the quest of their parents, but are drawn into it nonetheless — and “The Game” is afoot again. The plot moves between modern day and the early 1800s, 30 years after the French Revolution. In 2008, Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed clues, followed swiftly by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious assortment of house guests, indicates that something sinister is afoot.
The Fire (novel) | Plot summary
The novel was followed by two volumes in the trilogy, "New Found Land" (1983) and "Dragon Dance" (1986)
Fireball (novel) | Later volumes
Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in "The Hunger Games" series. As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller "The Hunger Games", it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games. The book was first published on September 1, 2009, by Scholastic, in hardcover, and was later released in ebook and audiobook format.
Catching Fire | Introduction
Ellen Hopkins released a sequel to "Burned" called "Smoke" on September 10, 2013. This book is told from the viewpoint of Pattyn as well as her sister, Jackie, and takes place shortly after the final events of the first book. Hopkins said she didn't plan to release a sequel but, because of high demand from her fans she decided to continue the series.
Burned (Hopkins novel) | Sequel
Icefire is a 2003 children's fantasy novel by English author Chris d'Lacey. It is the sequel to his 2001 novel "The Fire Within". It is followed by "Fire Star", "The Fire Eternal", "Dark Fire", "Fire World" and "The Fire Ascending".
Icefire (d'Lacey novel) | Introduction
Lisbeth Salander purchases an apartment in Stockholm. On returning to Sweden after nearly a year living abroad, Salander reconnects with her best friend and former partner Miriam Wu and offers her free use of her old apartment in return for forwarding her mail. Later, Salander confronts Nils Bjurman after hacking into his mail and discovering that he has an appointment booked with a tattoo removal specialist. Threatening him with his own gun, she warns him not to remove the tattoo that she etched on his abdomen. "Millennium" magazine welcomes Dag Svensson, a new journalist who is writing an exposé on prostitution and human trafficking in Sweden.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Plot
Redwood and Wildfire is Andrea Hairston's second novel. It centers on the main characters Redwood and Aidan and their travel from Georgia to Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. It was published in 2011 by Aqueduct Press.
Redwood and Wildfire | Introduction
The Camp Fire Girls books is a series of fiction novels written for children by various authors from 1912 into the 1930s.
Camp Fire Girls (novel series) | Introduction
Millennium is a series of best-selling and award-winning Swedish crime novels, created by journalist Stieg Larsson. The two primary characters in the saga are Lisbeth Salander, an asocial computer hacker with a photographic memory, and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist and publisher of a magazine called "Millennium". Larsson planned the series as having 10 installments, but completed only three before his sudden death in 2004. All three were published posthumously: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in 2005, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" in 2006, and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" in 2007. Larsson's novels were originally printed in Swedish by Norstedts Förlag, with English editions by Quercus in the United Kingdom and Alfred A.
Millennium (novel series) | Introduction
The rights for the two books reverted to Williams in December 2010, although he did not learn this until April 2012. He has not yet begun work on a third volume, although he has expressed interest in doing so, and has tentatively titled the third volume "Heaven in Flames".
City on Fire (Williams novel) | Status of possible sequel
The character of Paolo Roberto is an actual person. He is a former boxer and television chef who has also dabbled in politics. He played himself in the 2009 film adaptation of the book. In the first part of the book, Salander is exploring "Dimensions in Mathematics" apparently written by L. C. Parnault and published by Harvard University Press in 1999. On February 9, 2009, Harvard University Press announced on their website that this book and the author are purely fictitious. The mysterious Karl Axel Bodin, in whose house Salander finds Zalachenko and Niedermann, is a historical name. Bodin was born in Karlstad and later moved to Sundsvall.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Cultural notes
Daniel Alfredson takes over from Niels Arden Oplev, who directed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the first part of the trilogy.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Production
Second book of the series. Published in 1999. After a mysterious plague emerges on Earth, Travis returns to Eldh to locate its source. Grace, combating the same plague using magic and medicine, stumbles upon an ancient conspiracy that could spell doom for both worlds.
The Last Rune | "The Keep of Fire"
The book begins as Lisbeth Salander is flown to Sahlgrenska Hospital. It picks up where "The Girl Who Played with Fire" left off.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Plot
After the Fire, A Still Small Voice is the debut novel by author Evie Wyld published in August 2009 by Jonathan Cape in the UK and Pantheon Books in the US. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Betty Trask Award. and was also shortlisted for both the Orange Award for New Writers and International Dublin Literary Award.
After the Fire, A Still Small Voice | Introduction
There are two sequels to "Secrets in the Fire", "Playing With Fire" and "Shadow of the Leopard". Both books received positive reviews from critics.
Secrets in the Fire | Sequels
The book was published in 2000, and was followed by a sequel, "Burning Tower" in 2005. It is part of the same timeline as "The Magic Goes Away".
The Burning City | Introduction
The Girl in the Spider's Web (original title in ) is the fourth novel in the "Millennium" series. It focuses on the characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Written by David Lagercrantz, this is the first novel in the series not authored by the series' creator and author of the first three "Millennium" books, Stieg Larsson, who died of a heart attack in 2004. The novel was released worldwide on 27 August 2015, except in the United States, where it was released on 1 September 2015.
The Girl in the Spider's Web | Introduction
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (original title in ) is the fifth novel in the "Millennium" series, focusing on the characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Written by David Lagercrantz, this is the second novel in the series not authored by the series' creator and author of the first three "Millennium" books, Stieg Larsson, who died of a heart attack in 2004. The novel was released worldwide on 7 September 2017.
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye | Introduction
In June 2018, Wolff announced that he had signed a deal with Henry Holt, the book's publisher, to write a sequel. The sequel, titled "", was released on June 4, 2019.
Fire and Fury | Sequel
Fire () is the second part of the "Engelsfors" trilogy by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren and the sequel to Cirkeln. It takes place about 10 weeks after the events of the first novel. It follows the same fantasy like the first and further develops themes of horror fiction, psychological realism and an unreliable narrator(s). The plot also makes analogies to the effects of global warming on Sweden's subarctic climate and the group behaviour dynamics of political, religious and ideological extremist groups.
Fire (Elfgren and Strandberg novel) | Introduction
After finishing the job on the Wennerström affair (described in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"), Lisbeth Salander disappeared from Sweden and traveled throughout Europe. The novel opens with her on the shores of the Caribbean in St George's, the capital of Grenada. Salander has become interested in Fermat's Last Theorem and mathematics, an interest that resounds with the opening page of each Part in this novel. From within her room in her hotel she observes on several occasions that her neighbor, Dr Forbes, an American tourist from Texas, physically abuses his wife, in the next room to Salander's. Salander also befriends George Bland, a 16-year-old orphaned student living in a small shack and begins tutoring him in mathematics.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Part 1 – Irregular Equations
Lisbeth Salander is a fictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson. She is the lead character in Larsson's award-winning "Millennium" series, along with the journalist Mikael Blomkvist. Salander first appeared in the 2005 novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (original Swedish title, "Män som hatar kvinnor", literally "Men who hate women" in English). She reappeared in its sequels: "The Girl Who Played with Fire" (2006), "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" (2007), "The Girl in the Spider's Web" (2015), "The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye" (2017) and "The Girl Who Lived Twice" (2019).
Lisbeth Salander | Introduction
As she makes her way through the books, she finds more and more responsibility laid on her slender shoulders, with few friends and much danger as well. Pierce's second and more popular trilogy, The Firebringer Trilogy, involved a tribe of unicorns on a different fantasy world. It started with "Birth of the Firebringer" in 1985, continued in "Dark Moon", published in 1993, and ended with "The Son of Summer Stars" in 1996. Jan, the hero of the trilogy, is part messiah, part King Arthur-figure. All three books were re-printed by Firebird Books in 2003. Pierce has written other fantasy novels, which are frequently published as either Young Adult Fiction or as general Fantasy, and sometimes in each category.
Meredith Ann Pierce | Career
An adolescent girl, Cory- named after a verse in Corinthians- has grown disillusioned with the movement after her older sister was "chosen" to become one of the leader's companions, and she joins the Family as they head to Camp David, where the President supposedly is, the Keepers hot on their trail.
Jennifer Armstrong | Fire-Us Trilogy
"Publishers Weekly" considered that it was "intense" and would "enthrall readers", including it on their list of the 100 best books of 2009. BoingBoing called it "witty and fast-paced". "SF Signal" noted its "rapid pace", but was ultimately far more negative, calling the novel "(m)ediocre at best and painful at worst", and particularly criticizing Connolly for "lack of consistent characterization" and an "erratic" and "extremely repetitive" plot. "Strange Horizons" observed that the book "feels as if it were itself a sequel, giving the reader the sense of coming in at the second volume of a series", with previous interactions between Raymond and Annalis "only alluded to".
Child of Fire | Reception
This book was released on May 1, 1994 with a sequel titled "Lena" released on October 13, 1999.
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This | Release Information
The Wandering Fire is a 1986 novel by Canadian fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay and the second novel of "The Fionavar Tapestry" trilogy. It follows "The Summer Tree".
The Wandering Fire | Introduction
In 2017, Carey published a prequel novel entitled "The Boy on the Bridge" about a team of scientists and soldiers on a mission to find a cure for the fungal infection, which is set some time before "The Girl with All the Gifts".
The Girl with All the Gifts | Prequel
White Fire is a thriller novel by American writers Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on November 12, 2013 by Grand Central Publishing. This is the thirteenth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. The preceding novel is "Two Graves".
White Fire (novel) | Introduction
Enna Burning is a fantasy novel by Shannon Hale, published in 2004 by Bloomsbury. It is the second book in Hale's Books of Bayern series, following "The Goose Girl". The novel explores the story of Enna, who was first introduced as a secondary character in "Goose Girl", as she learns the magical ability of manipulating the element of fire. Enna struggles to balance the fire's intense power over her with her desire to use her powers to save Bayern, her home country, from invasion. Its themes include friendship, deception, and love. Reviews of "Enna Burning" mostly complimented the book's prose and character development.
Enna Burning | Introduction
A teenage girl is troubled by dreams and fantasies that parallel the life of another girl who lived over 200 years before. The book revolves around a young New Englander, Amy Delatour, a teenager of French Acadian-English lineage, who often goes into a fugue state where she believes she is a tormented soul named Ange-Marie, a French Acadian in exile in eighteenth century Connecticut who had been separated from her beloved husband, Paul. The shy and bookish Amy lives in a state of anguish and uncertainty, until one of her high school teachers, Martin Stone, takes an interest in this unusual, highly intelligent young woman.
Smouldering Fires (novel) | Plot introduction
Forgotten Fire (2002) is a young adult novel by Adam Bagdasarian. The book is based on a true story and follows the young boy Vahan Kenderian through the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1923. It became a National Book Award finalist, National Book Award for Young People's Literature honor, and the IRA Children's Literature and Reading Notable Book for a Global Society.
Forgotten Fire | Introduction
Dusty: Dusty is a fifteen-year-old girl, who has a tendency to get into fights and wander off on her own. She is obsessed with her brother, Josh, who a few years before disappeared. When the boy calls her and seems to know about Josh, she becomes obsessed with finding him so he can tell her about him. She has never been certain of the rumours were true about the boy, and chases after him. Many people tell her she is "just like Josh", which she does not mind, until Angelica tells her that he might actually be guilty; she then tries to become more like the boy.
Frozen Fire (novel) | Characters
The Fire-Us Trilogy (Book 1: The Kindling, Book 2: Keepers of the Flame, and Book 3: The Kiln) is a series of post-apocalyptic young adult fiction by Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher. The series begins in 2007, five years after a plague of unknown origin has killed the vast majority of the human population. The plot concerns the family, a group of orphan children living in the small fictional town of Lazarus, Florida. The older children, now approaching adolescence, attempt to emulate the behavior of the "first families" to which they belonged before the plague. Armstrong and Butcher depict the children as traumatized and ill-equipped to handle the world around them, the youngest being barely more than toddlers at the time of the "Fire-Us," the children's name for the contagion.
Jennifer Armstrong | Fire-Us Trilogy
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo () is a 2009 crime thriller film directed by Niels Arden Oplev from a screenplay by Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the first entry in his "Millennium" series. The film stars Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace. That same year, two sequels, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", were released in September and November, respectively.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Introduction
The novel was followed by "One Arranged Murder" which was published on September 28, 2020.
The Girl in Room 105 | Sequel
This book was originally published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster in September 1994. It was re-issued by Simon Pulse as a young adult title in 2007. A sequel to "Girl", "Dream School", was published by Figment. The third installment of the "Girl" series, "The City Wants You Alone", is available exclusively on Amazon Kindle.
Girl (novel) | Publisher
The other books, "The Girl Who Played with Fire", and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", may be adapted, depending on box office performance. Fincher initially did not picture her as the character but changed his mind when she auditioned. He convinced executives at Columbia Pictures to cast her for the part. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" began shooting in Sweden in September 2010. Mara did not consider the film to be a remake, but another interpretation of the novel. "I plan on giving my interpretation of the character," she stated to "Variety". Mara's long brown hair was cut short and dyed black, in a style reminiscent of 1970s punk and 1980s goth fashions.
Rooney Mara | 2010–2016: Breakthrough and critical success
Cami's second book, published by Harlequiin's Blaze line, is called "Pleasure to the Max!" and is set to be released on August 1, 2008. In early 2008, Cami signed a three-book deal with Harlequiin to follow up her first two books.
Cami Dalton | Introduction
A sequel to "Night Fall", titled "Wild Fire", was released on November 6, 2006. One of the returning characters from "The Lion's Game" and "Plum Island" is CIA operative Ted Nash, whom DeMille has developed into Corey's antagonist and nemesis in his career with the ATTF.
Night Fall (novel) | Plot
Fireball is the first book in a trilogy by John Christopher, published in 1981, exploring the adventures of two cousins when they are suddenly transported into an alternative history Earth through a mysterious fireball.
Fireball (novel) | Introduction
The book generally received positive reviews, with "Publishers Weekly" calling the characters "stellar" and Booklist saying the book was "thought-provoking". It was a finalist in 2012 for the William C. Morris YA Award. It was also selected as 2012 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults by Young Adult Library Services Association. It was nominated for the 2011 Andre Norton Award.
The Girl of Fire and Thorns | Reception
Frozen Fire is a philosophical thriller about the nature of reality by Tim Bowler. The novel was first published in 2006. It introduces a mysterious boy who wants to escape his unhappy life through suicide, and a fifteen-year-old girl who only wants her brother back from wherever he has disappeared to. Frozen Fire has won several awards. The back of the book reads: When Dusty gets the phone call from a mysterious boy she knows she can not ignore it. He seems to know something about the disappearance of her brother, Josh, which means that Dusty must find the boy no matter what.
Frozen Fire (novel) | Introduction
"The Girl Who Played With Fire" (2006) begins with Salander's returning to Sweden after having traveled for a year. Shortly afterward, Salander is falsely implicated in the murder of three people: Bjurman and two of Blomkvist's colleagues. The frame-up is in fact a conspiracy between her biological father, former Soviet spy Alexander Zalachenko, and the Section, an illegal faction within Säpo, the Swedish Security Service, whose members had protected her father after he defected from the USSR. Zalachenko had been a high-ranking member of the GRU, and his defection was regarded by Säpo as an intelligence windfall, thus leading to the Section's covering up his subsequent illegal activities.
Lisbeth Salander | "The Girl Who Played With Fire"
Dragon's Fire is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey and her son Todd McCaffrey, Published in 2006, it was the twentieth book in the "Dragonriders of Pern" series that she initiated in 1967. "Dragon's Fire" may be considered the second of a trilogy by the McCaffreys, between "Dragon's Kin" and "Dragon Harper". Primarily the three books feature Kindan as a boy and young man, about 500 years after landing on Pern (500 AL). He is not the protagonist of "Dragon's Fire", however, which is told from the viewpoints of three others in his generation, Cristov, Pellar, and Halla.
Dragon's Fire | Introduction
2004 "Next Door Lived a Girl" (novel) Low Fidelity Press. 2012 "Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone" (novel) Penguin Books. 2014 "Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht (Knives, Forks, Scissors, Flames)" (novel) Klett-Cotta Verlag / Tropen 2015 "Fluchtpunkt Los Angeles" (novel) ars vivendi Verlag 2015 "The Staked Plains" (novel) Saddle Road Press. 2016 "Knives, Forks, Scissors, Flames" (novel) Panhandler Books. 2017 "Cover Stories" (anthology) Volt Books. 2018 "Berlingeles" (novel) Revelore Press.
Stefan Kiesbye | Bibliography
Her third novel ""Summer of Fire"" came out in 2014.
Kitty Pilgrim | Introduction
Luka and the Fire of Life is a novel by Salman Rushdie. It was published by Jonathan Cape, Random House in 2010. It is the sequel to "Haroun and the Sea of Stories". Rushdie has said "he turned to the world of video games for inspiration" and that "he wrote the book for his 13-year-old son".
Luka and the Fire of Life | Introduction
Firethorn is a 2004 fantasy novel by American writer Sarah Micklem.
Firethorn (novel) | Introduction
The Flame () is a 1900 novel by the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. It is set in 1883 Venice and tells the story of a young artist and his mistress, a famous but quickly aging actress. The story was inspired by D'Annunzio's relationship with the actress Eleonora Duse. The novel contains expositions of many of D'Annunzio's theories about drama, largely inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Wagner. The novel was published in English in 1900 as "The Flame of Life". A new translation was published in 1991 as "The Flame". It was conceived as the first part in a trilogy, "The Novels of the Pomegranate" ("Romanzi del melograno"), but the two other books were never written.
The Flame (novel) | Introduction
Four Fires is a novel written by Bryce Courtenay. It was first published in 2001.
Four Fires | Introduction
Forged in the Fire is a 2006 novel for young adults by Ann Turnbull, about Quaker life in the 1660s. It is the sequel to "No Shame, No Fear", published in 2003. In "Forged in the Fire", Will and Susanna are separated despite their love; Will is working as a bookseller in London, while Susanna stays in Shropshire waiting for Will to return with enough money to provide for her. When the bubonic plague strikes London, Susanna travels there to find Will, but their safety is then threatened by the Great Fire of London.
Forged in the Fire | Introduction
It is the second book of "The Chemical Garden Trilogy". The first book, "Wither", was released in March 2011. The third and final book, "Sever", was released in December 2013.
Fever (Destefano novel) | Introduction
The book forwards to December 21, 2012. All of the characters previously mentioned are around the age of 16. Bill Nichols, the firefighter who rescued Kali, was married to Kali's mother and had three girls with her. He died, leaving Kali to support her mother and three younger sisters. Kali is stuck trying to balance a job she hates but needs, along with fulfilling her school requirements. As a result, she is portrayed as a very angry teenager. Tigre has grown up with a very controlling, rude girlfriend named Vicky, whom upon finding out that she's cheating on him, Vicky says he's too weak, crushing Tigre's confidence.
So This Is How It Ends | Plot summary
The Firework-Maker's Daughter is a children's novella by Philip Pullman. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Doubleday in 1995. The first UK edition was illustrated by Nick Harris; a subsequent edition published in the United States was illustrated by S. Saelig Gallagher. Pullman originally wrote the story as a school play, and the novel was in turn adapted into a play. Called a "fairy tale" by Pullman, the novel is both a children's adventure story where the main character undertakes a quest to prove herself, and a metaphor for making art.
The Firework-Maker's Daughter | Introduction
It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a discreet profile. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin, brings him once again into contact with the king's chief minister – and a new assignment ... The secret of Greek Fire, the legendary substance with which the Byzantines destroyed the Arab navies, has been lost for centuries. Now an official of the Court of Augmentations has discovered the formula in the library of a dissolved London monastery.
Dark Fire (Sansom novel) | Plot introduction
A Column of Fire is a 2017 novel by British author Ken Follett, first published on 12 September 2017. It is the third book in the Kingsbridge Series, and serves as a sequel to 1989's "The Pillars of the Earth" and 2007's "World Without End".
A Column of Fire | Introduction
Child of Fire is a 2009 urban fantasy novel by Harry Connolly. It was first published by Del Rey Books.
Child of Fire | Introduction
The Girl from the Well is a young adult series of novels by Rin Chupeco. The first book, "The Girl from the Well", was published through Sourcebooks Fire on August 5, 2014 and was followed by "The Suffering," which released on September 8, 2015.
The Girl from the Well | Introduction
Fire Season is a 2012 young adult science fiction novel by American authors David Weber and Jane Lindskold. Set in the fictional Honorverse, it is the second book in the prequel Stephanie Harrington series, part of the multi-part Honor Harrington series. It is a sequel to the 2011 "A Beautiful Friendship" by Weber. Stephanie Harrington is an ancestor of the main series character Honor Harrington.
Fire Season | Introduction
Fusion Fire is a science fiction novel by American writer Kathy Tyers; originally published in 1987, it was later rewritten and republished in 2000. The protagonist is Lady Firebird Angelo, once a "wastling" of a Netaian royal family and now a Federate citizen.
Fusion Fire | Introduction
Prior to released in the United States, the film had already earned $51,259,526 at the international box office. During its first week of release in the United States, it grossed $904,998, being released in three times as many theaters as the first film and grossing three times as much. The film has a worldwide gross of $67,126,795.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Box office
City of Fire is a 2002 fantasy novel by T. H. Lain, based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" game.
City of Fire (novel) | Introduction
"The Year of the Flood" was released on 7 September 2009 in the United Kingdom, and 22 September 2009 in Canada and the United States. Though chronicling a different set of characters, the follow-up expands upon and clarifies the relationships of Crake with Oryx and Jimmy with his high school girlfriend Ren. Glenn makes a brief appearance. It also identifies the three characters introduced at the end of the original, and finishes the cliffhanger ending. The third book in the series, "MaddAddam", was published in August 2013.
Oryx and Crake | Sequels
The audiobook version, published in 1998, ran for approximately 22 hours and was read by Anna Fields.
Pillar of Fire (novel) | Introduction
The Firebringer Trilogy is a fantasy series written by Meredith Ann Pierce. The first novel, Birth of the Firebringer was published in 1985, followed by Dark Moon in 1992, and concluding in The Son of Summer Stars in 1996. Well remembered for Pierce's rich use of language, the series fell out of print in the early 90s, and began commanding high prices online. The series was re-published in paperback by Firebird Books in 2003. The series follows Jan, prince of the Vale-dwelling Unicorns of the Ring. His people have been exiled from their sacred homeland by the poisonous wyverns for the last 400 years, and are awaiting the arrival of the Firebringer, a prophesied warrior who will bring the gift of fire to the tribe and lead them in the battle to reclaim their homeland.
The Firebringer Trilogy | Introduction
Her third novel, "Girls of Paper and Fire", the first in a trilogy of the same name, is set in a world in which a Demon King chooses among eight human concubines and two of them, Lei and Wren, fall for each other. Ngan says the first spark of the story originated from the idea of wanting to write about two courtesans of a demon king who fall for each other instead of for him. The novel tackles topics like sexual assault, homophobia, and the commodification of women's bodies. As a sexual abuse survivor, Ngan states that it was important for her to tackle the topics in a sensible manner, in order to prepare teens for the world and not to shelter them.
Natasha Ngan | "Girls of Paper and Fire" series
Its much-later sequel, "World Without End" (2007), returns to Kingsbridge 157 years later, and features the descendants of the characters in "Pillars". It focuses on the destinies of a handful of people as their lives are devastated by the Black Death, the plague that swept Europe from the middle of the 14th century. The next novel in the series, "A Column of Fire", was published in September 2017. Beginning in 1558, the story follows the romance between Ned Willard and Margery Fitzgerald over half a century. It commences at a time when Europe turns against Elizabethan England, and the queen finds herself beset by plots to dethrone her.
Ken Follett | Kingsbridge series
The final book in the series, "Kingdom of Ash", was released on October 23, 2018. "A Court of Thorns and Roses", Maas' second series, is a loose retelling of the traditional "Beauty and the Beast". The first book of the trilogy was written in 2009 but wasn't published until 2015. The fourth book in the series, A Court of Siver Flames, is set to be published on February 16, 2021. The series was on its way to becoming a movie. But in mid-2020 Sarah said she got her rights back (both from "A Court of Thorns and Roses" and "Throne of Glass", hoping to find producers more interested in her stories.
Sarah J. Maas | Career
As the two reach the hotel entrance, Salander sees Dr Forbes on the beach with his wife and realizes that he is attempting to kill her for her inheritance. Salander attacks Forbes with the leg of a chair and abandons him to the elements. Salander, Bland, and Mrs Forbes retreat to the cellar and receive medical care; Dr Forbes is later confirmed as the only fatality of the storm.
The Girl Who Played with Fire | Part 1 – Irregular Equations
Supported by an extensive promotional tour across Canada, "Playing with Fire" sold over 80,000 copies within six weeks of its release.
Playing with Fire (Fleury book) | Introduction
She claims "Fire" is "more like a movie" and that she could relate to Effy's struggle to change from a teenager into an adult.
Kaya Scodelario | 2007–2009: "Skins"
18 years before "Fire & Blood", the third book of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, "A Storm of Swords", was published.
Fire &amp; Blood (novel) | Reception
Fire Angels is a 1998 fantasy fiction novel by Jane Routley. It follows the first book in the series, "Mage Heart", with Dion reuniting with family and finding her homeland overrun with Witch Hunters and Fire Angels.
Fire Angels | Introduction
Aramaya is a 1999 fantasy novel by Jane Routley. It follows the second book in the series, "Fire Angels", with Dion arriving in the capitol of Akieva in search of her missing niece.
Aramaya | Introduction
Fires of Winter is a novel by Johanna Lindsey originally published in September 1980 by Avon Books. It is the first book in the Haardrad Family Saga Series. Plot: The Viking invaders came from across an icy sea, taking lady Brenna as their captive. But the dauntless Celtic beauty swears that no barbarian will ever be her master—not even the handsome and powerful brute Garrick Haardrad. The son of a ruthless Viking chieftain, Garrick is accustomed to getting his way, as he claims his exquisite "prize" with a primitive abandon that leaves Brenna breathless. Yet it is Garrick's gentle soul that undoes the lady's resolve.
Fires of Winter | Introduction
The book was published by Scribner on August 2, 2016.
The Fire This Time (book) | Publication history
The Quest for Fire (, literally "The War for Fire") is a 1911 Belgian fantasy novel by "J.-H. Rosny", the pseudonym of two brothers; the author was actually the elder of the two, Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856–1940). It was first published in English in an abridged edition in 1967. It was adapted into the critically acclaimed 1981 film "Quest for Fire" starring Ron Perlman. The film is not a faithful adaption of the book.
The Quest for Fire | Introduction