- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Roc (May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0451459229
- ISBN-13: 978-0451459220
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 419,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Aliens at their best,
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This review is from: Bitter Waters (Ukiah Oregon Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)
Being an alien among humans cannot be easy. Wen Spencer's Ukiah Oregon series is probably one of the better ones I've read. Following Ukiah from his discovery by his moms to this book has shown development of character. Ukiah is definitely three-dimensional to me and this is one book (or rather series) that I would recommend wholeheartedly. In this book Ukiah's alien-enhanced abilities are put to the test when the police request his assistance in tracking a missing boy who has a habit of getting lost and being found in unusual places. The authorities fear that the kid's latest disappearance may be linked to a series of kidnappings. Then Ukiah suddenly finds himself under scrutiny by Homeland Security. Agents have discovered a dead member of the Temple of New Reason cult with stolen photographs of Ukiah in his possession. The government suspects that the connection exists between the sect and Ukiah, one even he can't identify. But before Ukiah can investigate the cult's interest in him, his own son is abducted. Now, with suspicious government agents watching his every move, he must track down the kidnappers - and pray that they are not enemies from his past - the alien Ontongard looking for revenge.
13 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Strength to strength!,
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This review is from: Bitter Waters (Ukiah Oregon Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)
I found Wen Spencer quite by chance and have found her to be an excellent writer with some unique ideas. In Bitter Water, Wen carries on developing all of her characters in the detail that allows you to care about what happens to them whilst maintaining a strong plot that gives further answers to any questions about Ukiah's heritage. Suspense, romance and sci fi all blend into a book that i'll read time and again. As always the book leaves a couple of questions unanswered, a few links to tie off, but that just adds to the richness of the experience. I can't recommend this trilogy (or author) enough... cults, FBI, new ervelations... its great!
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4.3 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews) 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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exciting science fiction thriller,
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bitter Waters (Ukiah Oregon Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)
Although the human race is unaware of it, there is a war going on between two rival groups of an alien race. The Ontongard infects humans and makes the species one of them, an individual cell in an organism. The pack aliens retain their individual identities while having access to the group memory. The pack wants to kill the Ontongard so they won't destroy the human race. Ukiah Oregon, half alien and half human is the only breeder on the planet and the Ontongard want him to create more of their kind.Oregon has a son who has been kidnapped. Ukiah, his friend Max, and the pack are doing all in their power to get him back but since the people who kidnapped him are human, they have to be very careful not to let any government official know about Kitt's alien origins. To make matters even worse, the kidnappers are using Ontongard biological weapons, which means that people who don't have any understanding of what they are doing are playing with something that could destroy the world. Wen Spencer has written an exciting science fiction thriller that stars a vulnerable and powerful hero who is impossible not to cherish. The war between the two alien factions feels real and believable in a Twilight Zone kind of way. The investigation of the kidnapping by aliens, Homeland Security, the FBI, the local Pittsburgh police and a human once possessed by the Ontongard is exciting to see unfold as each group has its own agenda. BITTER WATERS is a must read. Harriet Klausner 16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Wen just keeps on getting better and better!,
By Walt Boyes "Walt Boyes" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bitter Waters (Ukiah Oregon Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)
Wen Spencer's writing grows with each book. I got home yesterday after 8 days away to find my copy of Bitter Waters waiting for me. Finished it at 7 AM this morning. (Yawn!)It is absolutely amazing to see how well her writing improved from Alien Taste (pretty darn good) to Tainted Trail (yep, not a one book wonder) to Bitter Waters. This is a mature writer working here! And she's still eligible for the John W. Campbell Award in 2003 for Best New Writer!!! She ought to win hands-down. The ability Wen have manifested to climb into the heads of some very strange people (like Rennie, or even _Hex_) is terrific. Few SF writers write believable aliens, fewer still write believable human interactions with aliens from the alien point of view. Bravo! Buy this book. Better yet, buy Alien Taste and Tainted Trail and lose a weekend reading them all in sequence. ... 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gotta Get It!,
By Tammy L. Croft - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bitter Waters (Ukiah Oregon Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)
BITTER WATERS by Wen Spencer manages to pull off the difficult task of being a series novel that stands on its own. I came across BITTER WATERS by accident and fell in love with it--enough so that I special ordered the first two Ukiah Oregon books to read them all in order.Briefly, Ukiah and his private invesitgator partner, Max Bennett are just back from Oregon (Minutes out of the airport back) when the police call them in on a missing child case. Ukiah, an alien hybred, manages to locate the missing child only to find that other children have turned up missing--and his enemy, the very alien Ontongard, seems to be involved. Then his son/clone Kittaning is kidnapped, a Homeland Security agent turns up investigating a cybercult and everything gets skewed sideways. It is a difficult feat to write mystery/suspense stories in a science fiction setting but Wen Spencer pulls it off, in large part because her story is deeply rooted in our own familiar world and set only months into the future. Add to that well written characters and you have great story telling. THough I read BITTER WATERS first, I do reccomend that you read all three Ukiah Oregon books in order so you get his full story in proper detail. Each book stands alone, but together they form a compelling story. I'm looking forward to the next one. |
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