Mikael Blomkvist is contacted by renowned scientist Professor Balder. Fearing for his life, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story. More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's advances in Artificial Intelligence, is his connection with a certain female superhacker. It seems that Lisbeth Salander, like Balder, is a target of ruthless cyber gangsters that will soon bring terror to the streets of Stockholm,...

"This collection contains three previously published novellas: Uncharted Territory is both a love story and [an] ... expose of the dark side of political correctness, where planetary surveyors battle hostile terrain, bureaucratic red tape, and renegade 'planet crashers.' Remake explores the timeless themes of emotion and technology, reality and illusion, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past and all one...

In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients -- dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups -- from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind. The aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by her parents, and his computer has just been breached by the state's electronic...