- Mass Market Paperback: 306 pages
- Publisher: Roc; Reissue edition (Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0451459903
- ISBN-13: 978-0451459909
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 863,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This hasn't been the easiest series to get into but I've stuck with it and at last I feel the writer has got to grips with it. This is easily the best written of the four , the writing flows and the storyline is less fractured and easier to follow. It's always been an interesting series and well-worth reading but none of the books really stand alone, you must read them in order or you will never follow the plot which is fairly torturous. What an imagination though!
The first three books concentrated on Ukiah , his past, his present and how he came to be. It introduced his 'Moms', his lover Indigo and friend and mentor Max. It also introduced the ferocious and lethal ' Pack ' who are devoted to him. This latest book however, is seen through the eyes of Atticus, the brother Ukiah didn't know he had, and who is just as complex a being as Ukiah. It tells the story of how they find themselves as brothers.
Atticus has always known he was 'different' but didn't know why and he has learned to function in the human world with the help of his lover, Ru, who is aware of his differences and helps to conceal them. They work as DEA agents and are tracking a dangerous new drug when their paths cross with Ukiah and The Pack. Atticus is initially hostile and reluctant to become a part of Ukiah's strange world.....but...
The first three books concentrated on Ukiah , his past, his present and how he came to be. It introduced his 'Moms', his lover Indigo and friend and mentor Max. It also introduced the ferocious and lethal ' Pack ' who are devoted to him. This latest book however, is seen through the eyes of Atticus, the brother Ukiah didn't know he had, and who is just as complex a being as Ukiah. It tells the story of how they find themselves as brothers.
Atticus has always known he was 'different' but didn't know why and he has learned to function in the human world with the help of his lover, Ru, who is aware of his differences and helps to conceal them. They work as DEA agents and are tracking a dangerous new drug when their paths cross with Ukiah and The Pack. Atticus is initially hostile and reluctant to become a part of Ukiah's strange world.....but...
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Wen rings changes with an alien eye
13 Oct 2004
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Wen Spencer's latest Ukiah Oregon novel, Dog Warrior, is remarkable in several ways. First, it maintains the headlong pace and action of its three predecessors, but while doing so, and seemingly by accident (ha!), it sheds light on the varieties of experience of both humans and aliens. The alien Ontongard, the mutant Prime, the Pack, and the cult all are illuminated in the eye of experience by the new lead character, Ukiah's "brother" Atticus. Originally one body, Ukiah and Atticus were separated by a cleaver, and never reunited physically in time. Atticus passes his "test" to become a Dog Warrior by showing his love for his partner Ru, and for his little brother Ukiah, in the same way that Ukiah passed his own test by loving his Moms and Max Bennett...and later, Indigo and his son. The novel is both structured and kaleidoscopic, and manages all of this with an effortless unpretentiousness that is the hallmark of the mature and superb novelist. I really liked the book, even though I was redshirted in it in a very messy way...after all I did volunteer. Go buy this book, so Wen will be asked to write more of them.
Walt Boyes
Editor-in-Chief
CONTROL Magazine
Walt Boyes
Editor-in-Chief
CONTROL Magazine
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
An Excellent Continuation of the Ukiah Oregon Saga
2 Nov 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
First, if you haven't read the other 3 books about Ukiah Oregon run out and buy them. While they're not NEEDED to thoroughly enjoy Dog Warrior, you won't want to have to run to a bookstore or wait on them to be shipped to you once you get hooked on Wen Spencer's amazing story.
Secondly, don't start reading before bed the night before you have somewhere to be in the morning. You might not get there. Or you might get there clutching your copy of Dog Warrior and growling at the insensitive people taking you away from your book.
On to the good stuff. Dog Warrior is a wonderfully written book with a concise plot, characters who make you feel for them deeply, and an interesting premise. Though alien invasions have been done to death in science fiction, Wen Spencer has found a new twist to an alien species bent on world domination/destruction.
In all, Dog Warrior is an exciting and enjoyable read, my only complaint about it is that I wish it were longer!
Secondly, don't start reading before bed the night before you have somewhere to be in the morning. You might not get there. Or you might get there clutching your copy of Dog Warrior and growling at the insensitive people taking you away from your book.
On to the good stuff. Dog Warrior is a wonderfully written book with a concise plot, characters who make you feel for them deeply, and an interesting premise. Though alien invasions have been done to death in science fiction, Wen Spencer has found a new twist to an alien species bent on world domination/destruction.
In all, Dog Warrior is an exciting and enjoyable read, my only complaint about it is that I wish it were longer!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Wen Spencer just keeps getting better....
19 Nov 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Three "Ukiah Oregon" books ago, Wen Spencer was a new novelist with an engaging character and some new novelist faux pas under her belt. I still read "Alien Taste" in one sitting and went out and got the next two books. "Bitter Water" is the toughest read of the group, but every one of them is enjoyable and pulls you through the story.
The first thing I will say about Book Four is you don't need the first three books to read and understand it. But, I believe you will be so engaged by Ukiah Oregon's story that you will WANT them.
In this novel, Ukiah Oregon discovers he has a big brother. While the feeling of not being the only one is good, neither brother can trust the other.
Strongly recommend you read this book when you have several hours to devote to it. You will not want to put it down.
The first thing I will say about Book Four is you don't need the first three books to read and understand it. But, I believe you will be so engaged by Ukiah Oregon's story that you will WANT them.
In this novel, Ukiah Oregon discovers he has a big brother. While the feeling of not being the only one is good, neither brother can trust the other.
Strongly recommend you read this book when you have several hours to devote to it. You will not want to put it down.
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