Needle by Linda Nagata

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/193737 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Needle Series: Inverted Frontier Series, Book 3 Author: Linda Nagata Narrator: Nicole Poole Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins Release date: 08-22-23 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings Genres: Space Exploration Publisher's Summary: "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.