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Needle

Inverted Frontier, Book 3

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Needle

By: Linda Nagata
Narrated by: Nicole Poole
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"Tanjiri is not for you. You are not ready to encounter what exists there."

So Lezuri spoke in warning, long ago. Urban still possesses the strange gift—the impossible puzzle—Lezuri gave him that day. A needle, ultra-thin and twelve centimeters long, with a silvery surface that slices light into rainbow glints. All Lezuri's knowledge lies locked within that needle. Urban has only to discover the trick of opening it, to gain that knowledge for himself—but the needle remains an enigma.

Now Dragon and its fleet of outriders has reached the periphery of Tanjiri system. The belt of ruins lies ahead: a chaos of remnant megastructures from a fallen civilization. Farther in, an Earthlike world orbits in the company of a living moon created less than 4,000 years ago. An entity—one greater even than Lezuri—must have made that moon. And yet the system is silent. No one, nothing, has answered Dragon's hails.

Urban is sure that when the fleet enters Tanjiri system, he will meet this maker of worlds—with the lives of everyone he loves at stake. Better, safer, to encounter this entity from a position of strength, armed with all the knowledge and power contained within the needle.

So he believes.

©2022 Linda Nagata (P)2023 Tantor
Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Space Exploration Space Opera Space Interstellar

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I liked it as a continuation of a good series but this particular book I found to have large portions of which the story was predictable which for me lessened the experience somewhat. But overall it was still a very good experience

Predictable at times and then not

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loved it! I have been reading since deception well and was so happy when the inverted frontier series continued the story. This installment was no disappointment. enjoyed it all and excellent narration.

excellent next stage in the saga

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incredible story. makes my brain hurt.
narration brilliant.
hope the next in series is included in audible

Great books

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Having read the previous books in this series I was looking forward to Needle and even though it was an enjoyable read I feel it is a little less than Silver and

A loss of momentum in the series

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Liked it all but you need to suspend disbelief as it is a bit out there

Crazy science

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Weirdly short sentences delivered as if reciting to children. ‘Big reveal’ didn’t materialise and the end was very tame as if the author had run out of ideas.

Wooden and cop out ending

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