# Needle

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- Book: [Needle](https://www.bookquiver.com/hal-clement/needle) ([Needle.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hal-clement/needle.md))
- Authors: [Hal Clement](https://www.bookquiver.com/hal-clement)
- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7511-016-8
- Published: 2011-09-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Two ships race in from outer space and crash in the Pacific Ocean. One contains a hunter, entrusted with a vital mission. The other, his quarry - corrupt, evil, a criminal from an unearthly civilisation light years away. Yet both these creatures had one thing in common - they were unable to exist alone. Each needed a host, a human body they could invade and control.