Tainted Trail (edition 2002)

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Ukiah Oregon (aka Wolf Boy), named for the closest town to where his Mom Jo found him running with the wolves - now he's one of the best ever at finding missing persons, but he still knows almost nothing about his past. When a frantic call from an old friend sends him and partner Max winging for the Umatilla National Forest to track down a missing hiker, it seems like a good chance to explore his own roots, as well. Unfortunately, success is a relative thing - and Ukiah's existence isn't exactly healthy for his relatives...

Excellent adventure, likeable characters, and original plotting - can't ask for much more than that! ( )

I like Ukiah. I like these books. Its a great read, not anything too deep, but its a different sort of science fiction. ( )

The second book about Ukiah Oregon, in which he does some growing up in his own painful way, and regains some of his memories. This book is peppered with proofreading errors, which is annoying on a low level. It is also suffering from the same problem as many series, especially open-ended ones; the need to retell previous event to accommodate new readers. The author disfigures her story with clumsy constructs to introduce earlier happenings, to explain current events.
This is especially grievous when reading the books back to back, but it is a severe blemish on the book regardless.
The story is interesting, and the characters seem relevant and believable, but the flow of the story is completely destroyed by the clumsy expositions that keep popping up.

Ukiah and Max are traveling to Oregon to find the missing niece of a friend. While investigating her disappearance they discover an aggressively multiplying nest of hostile aliens who are responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.
To save their victim Ukiah has to recover certain memories he left behind 70 years earlier - and reacquaint himself with a family he didn't know he had. ( )