Dog Warrior

And this book goes off in yet another different angle - for the first time, Ukiah is not the primary viewpoint character. He gets a few pages, but most of the story is from Atticus' viewpoint - Ukiah's "brother". And from his viewpoint, we get to see the very odd situation Ukiah is in - a fiance in the FBI and a family all on the Most Wanted list, for one thing. Poor Atticus - well, Ukiah got dropped into the middle of things about as much, but a) he took the mouse, so he didn't have to come to believe it - he just knew; and b) Ukiah is - was, at least - very young mentally. Children can accept a lot more weirdness than adults - and somehow Atticus managed to actually grow up, without having his secret discovered, in the human world. So show more he's a lot more adult, more "civilized", than Ukiah's gotten so far. And yet, for all the strange angles it has, Ukiah's seems to be more of a settled life - more of a family - than Atticus has ever managed. Aside from Ru, he doesn't seem to have anyone (Kyle is a co-worker more than a friend, let alone family). I want to see Atticus meeting Kitt! So the frame for that story is more of the cult - no, Core's end didn't just shut it down, the true believers went off at a new angle. And they still have two founts. Hex does lay long plans (reasonably). Good story on the action front, plus quite a bit of deep thought - from Ukiah, Atticus, and some of the cult members - about how the world really is and how beliefs have to change to match reality. And despite being basically from an outsider's viewpoint, we get to see pretty deeply into Indigo, too - Max to a lesser extent, he's still in the hospital. I wish there were more to the story - nothing else, as far as I know. show less

The fourth book in the Ukiah Oregon series is as fast paced as the previous ones, and the story as engaging.
The story's main focus is Atticus Steele who is Ukiahs older brother the same way Kittaning is Ukiahs son - that is, not really by human standards. Atticus and Ukiah are separate individuals who grew from the butchered parts of a half alien, half human. They meet when Atticus save Ukiahs dead body from the trunk of a car belonging to a group of religious cultists dedicated to combat invading aliens.
Atticus and his partners are looking for the source of a new drug, and the rescue of Ukiah disturbs a buy. The sellers are coincidentally the same cultists that abducted Ukiah.
Ukiah was taken by the cultist while hunting for them and show more the alien bio-weapons they plan to use to purge earth of the aliens.
The brothers mutual suspicion of each other keep them from pooling resources to get their shared target, but when Atticus attracts the attention of the invading aliens he decides to join forces with Ukiahs FBI girlfriend.
The series is revitalized by the shift in perspective, which also serves to reduce the clumsy recounting of the past somewhat. Instead of only perceiving the world through Ukiahs point of view, we now get an outside view of him as well.
The relationship between Atticus and his partner, as well as the budding relationship between Atticus and Ukiah are beautifully described. show less

Atticus Steele and his partner Ru work for the DEA, and they're undercover, hot on the trail of a deadly new drug that's recently hit the streets when they stumble across a dead body hidden in a trunk - except it's only temporarily dead, and it turns out Atticus has a brother...

Not a good place to start the series, but an excellent next installment if you've been following along. Another missing piece of Magic Boy's turned up - although if he can't pass the Pack test, he's not going to be around for long. With all the players on the board, no one really knows what anyone else is doing, and as the mad rush starts to stop the cultists and the aliens from killing every living thing on earth, all I can say is, hang on, it's a wild ride!

Good. The point-of-view shift was interesting. I'm not sure whether this is The End, or if she just hasn't gotten around to writing any more. I'd gladly read more, but it's not a bad place to leave it.

Quite good, very readable. Atticus Steele discovers his brother Ukiah.

Ukiah gets a brother - Atticus. There's definitely a time burp in how they grew-up. Atticus is also choosing a gay lifestyle with his partner Ru.

The storyline was wrapped up with the cult in this book, and there aren't others. Still feels like there could be more with this series. Maybe in the future?

Little massageing of the back story this time the tale is told mainly from the view point of a brother Ukiah did not know he had. Can the brothers learn to trust each other? and can they do it in time to track down the the bioweapons that the cult in the previous book captured from the aliens before they are activated.