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Tainted Trail (2002) is the second SF novel in the Ukiah Oregon series, following Alien Taste. In the previous volume, the alien ship on Mars was destroyed. Ukiah acquired a younger brother -- Kittanning -- from a blood mouse. The Hex Gets were exterminated from the Pittsburgh area.

In this novel, Ukiah Oregon is a young alien-human half breed. He has been killed at least twice and recovered from the condition. He is also the only breeder on Earth able to truly propagate his kind.

Maxwell Bennett is a private detective. He was hired to discover Ukiah's origins. Although failing that task, Max grew to like the boy and occasionally hired him as a tracker. Now they are partners in the private investigator business.

Kraynak is a detective in the Pittsburgh Police Department. He and Max were military policemen in the same unit during the Gulf war. Since they were both from Pittsburgh, the friendship continued after the war.

Alicia is the niece of Max's friend Kraynak. She has known Ukiah since he started working for Max. She is slightly older than his official age.

Indigo Zheng is an FBI special agent. She investigated the Janet Haze case and became Ukiah's lover.

Sam Killington is a private investigator in Pendleton, Oregon. She had divorced her former husband two years before, but has recently gotten a court order to keep him from stalking her.

Rennie Shaw is a Get of Ukiah's father Prime and the leader of the Get Pack. The Ontongard Gets have alien blood, but cannot propagate their kind except by making other Gets.

In this story, Alicia had come to Oregon with another student. Rose had originally been scheduled to do the geological survey with someone else, but the other student had cancelled at the last minute. Then Rose had sprained her ankle and Alicia went for a hike on her own.

After Alicia had not returned in a reasonable time, Rose called the Sheriff's office and Kraynak. Kraynak then hired Max and Ukiah to find her. They had only a few hours to prepare for the trip.

Since Kittanning is officially her son, Ukiah feels that Indigo is the appropriate person to mind the baby. He asks her and she agrees. So Ukiah drops off Kittanning on the way to the airport.

First they fly south to Houston and then north to Portland. There they take a commuter flight to Pendleton. Kraynak is airsick for the whole trip.

After reaching Pendleton, Max hires two SUVs at the Hertz agency. Max and Kraynak take their gear to the hotel. But Ukiah goes off to find out more about his past.

In his previous investigation, Max had found an old newspaper clipping about a missing boy from the Kicking Deer family. Then he discovered that the article was dated September, 1933, and ignored it. But now they know that Ukiah is over 200 years old, so he goes to talk with Jesse Kicking Deer.

A woman meets Ukiah at the door, but refuses him entry. After the missing boy is mentioned, she tells him to get off her property. When he refuses to leave, she calls her son to evict him from the premises. Later Ukiah learns that her son is Jared Kicking Deer, Sheriff of Umatilla County.

Returning to the hotel, Ukiah finds Max and Kraynak in the dining room talking to an unknown woman. Sam introduces herself as a newspaper stringer, but Ukiah remembers from the airport. She then shows them her PI credentials.

The next morning, Max, Ukiah and Kraynak drive to the campground where Alicia had been staying. They meet Rose there and find out more about the disappearance. Then Ukiah puts on his gear and starts looking.

Local searchers had covered the whole area and found nothing. Ukiah starts at the tent and soon finds Alicia's trail out of the campground and into the hills. He follows the trail for miles while Max and Jared parallel him on the road.

Ukiah finds signs of a man herding Alicia to the nearby road. Then he finds where Alicia has fallen from a cliff and waves at the others to show them the location. Someone shoots him twice with a high powered rifle, but the bullets are stopped by his kevlar vest.

Later Ukiah finds where two men and a woman had grabbed Alicia at the road and put her into a car. Ukiah can only follow the car for a short distance. The local police and the FBI gather the available physical evidence and start looking for the abductors.

Ukiah tells the police what he has discovered from the traces. But he does not tell them about the DNA samples that he has found on the way. Only he knows that the man herding Alicia was blonde.

After Ukiah calls home, he learns that the shooting in now known in Pittsburgh. His foster mothers know and so does the Pack. Rennie is on his way to Pendleton.

This tale finds Ukiah recovering many of his older memories. He even convinces the Kicking Deer family that he is their Uncle. He also finds Gets in Oregon.

Ukiah is injured several times in this story, but recovers before they return home. The next installment is Bitter Waters. Read and enjoy!

Highly recommended for Spencer fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of alien invasions, strange biologies, and naive young men.

-Arthur W. Jordin


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Tainted Trail Ukiah Oregon Book 2 Wen Spencer 9780451458872 Books Reviews

I read everything that Wen Spencer has written (that I know of). Tainted Trail is book 2 of Ukiah Oregon story. I do not like writing superlatives so I will just say "worth reading" if you like a blend of SciFi and fantasy - not your typical 'boy raised by wolves' story. Well, written with believable good/bad guys that fit well within her universe.,
This is book 2 in one of my favorite series of all time. Wen Spencer created a very sympathetic hero in Ukiah, you understand what motivates him as well as the other characters in the story. This is a story where you will cheer for the alien. Although the book can be read as a stand alone, it is much better if you read "Alien Taste" first. Of course this will make you want to read the whole series--but it's worth it.
In this sequel to _Alien Taste_, Ukiah Oregon, his friends and assorted "family" are involved in tracing another disappearance. This time, the missing, possibly kidnapped person is a close friend. The action takes place in Oregon, a place where as a young boy Ukiah was found by his adopted parents. The search is not only for the missing woman, but also for the missing memories of Ukiah's youth.
As in the previous book, the author creates a combination of appealing characters and involving plot. The beginning of the book is rather slow, but is effective in building anxiety for the missing woman. The adventure accelerates, and sustains a high level of suspense to the end. There are elements of humor, wonder and romance sprinkled throughout. While a little of the humor is a bit forced, many lines are so well integrated that one breaks out into laughter involuntarily.
This is science fiction, and inventive one at that. But the main attraction of the novel are the interesting characters and their interaction.
"Tainted Trail (Ukiah Oregon Series Book II)" by Wen Spencer is a continuation of one of the most remarkable stories I've ever read. The stark backdrops, incredible characters, and physical location of the story, makes this one of the more unique and imaginative stories written in the last 20 years. Entertaining, action packed, intense, and interesting, this story takes sci/fi in new, groundbreaking, directions that I have here-to-fore never ventured. The originality and wondrous imagination from the mind of Wen Spencer will vault you into previously unexplored areas of your own imagination. Truly a wonderful reading experience that all fans of this genre will want to indulge. 5 stars!!!!!
Wen Spencer wrote a great 4 volume series long long ago. Ukiah Oregon's Alien Taste was first published in 2001. Volume 4 was published in 2004. And then ... who knows. Vagaries of the print publishing world... no further editions were published. Maybe the author got tired, though the writing didn't feel like it. Probably didn't move enough paper. Or a new VP put the kibash on it to look important....

Anyway, his Penguin/ROC finally necromanced this sucker back from the past.! AWESOME. Urban Fantasy at its best. Its unlikely that it'll ever get further editions. But still. Well worth your time.
I'm so happy that I am finally reading this series.

This is book #2 in the series, and I would say it is marginally better than book #1. Book #1 I rated a 4, Tainted Trail is a 4.5. We see a greater depth of emotional development in Ukiah, but we are still lacking development in many of the surrounding characters. It is nice to meet Ukiah's family, and there is some more development with Max, and we meet and learn about Alicia, but still we don't have the same feel for the characters like we do in the Tinker series.

However, this is still a great read. Good plot, some nice twists (some you could see coming, but that's half the fun sometimes), story never seemed to drag, nice action sequences. This was a really fun way to spend a few hours. I would absolutely recommend this book and the entire series.

Would I read is again? Yeah, I sure would!
Tainted Trail (2002) is the second SF novel in the Ukiah Oregon series, following Alien Taste. In the previous volume, the alien ship on Mars was destroyed. Ukiah acquired a younger brother -- Kittanning -- from a blood mouse. The Hex Gets were exterminated from the Pittsburgh area.

In this novel, Ukiah Oregon is a young alien-human half breed. He has been killed at least twice and recovered from the condition. He is also the only breeder on Earth able to truly propagate his kind.

Maxwell Bennett is a private detective. He was hired to discover Ukiah's origins. Although failing that task, Max grew to like the boy and occasionally hired him as a tracker. Now they are partners in the private investigator business.

Kraynak is a detective in the Pittsburgh Police Department. He and Max were military policemen in the same unit during the Gulf war. Since they were both from Pittsburgh, the friendship continued after the war.

Alicia is the niece of Max's friend Kraynak. She has known Ukiah since he started working for Max. She is slightly older than his official age.

Indigo Zheng is an FBI special agent. She investigated the Janet Haze case and became Ukiah's lover.

Sam Killington is a private investigator in Pendleton, Oregon. She had divorced her former husband two years before, but has recently gotten a court order to keep him from stalking her.

Rennie Shaw is a Get of Ukiah's father Prime and the leader of the Get Pack. The Ontongard Gets have alien blood, but cannot propagate their kind except by making other Gets.

In this story, Alicia had come to Oregon with another student. Rose had originally been scheduled to do the geological survey with someone else, but the other student had cancelled at the last minute. Then Rose had sprained her ankle and Alicia went for a hike on her own.

After Alicia had not returned in a reasonable time, Rose called the Sheriff's office and Kraynak. Kraynak then hired Max and Ukiah to find her. They had only a few hours to prepare for the trip.

Since Kittanning is officially her son, Ukiah feels that Indigo is the appropriate person to mind the baby. He asks her and she agrees. So Ukiah drops off Kittanning on the way to the airport.

First they fly south to Houston and then north to Portland. There they take a commuter flight to Pendleton. Kraynak is airsick for the whole trip.

After reaching Pendleton, Max hires two SUVs at the Hertz agency. Max and Kraynak take their gear to the hotel. But Ukiah goes off to find out more about his past.

In his previous investigation, Max had found an old newspaper clipping about a missing boy from the Kicking Deer family. Then he discovered that the article was dated September, 1933, and ignored it. But now they know that Ukiah is over 200 years old, so he goes to talk with Jesse Kicking Deer.

A woman meets Ukiah at the door, but refuses him entry. After the missing boy is mentioned, she tells him to get off her property. When he refuses to leave, she calls her son to evict him from the premises. Later Ukiah learns that her son is Jared Kicking Deer, Sheriff of Umatilla County.

Returning to the hotel, Ukiah finds Max and Kraynak in the dining room talking to an unknown woman. Sam introduces herself as a newspaper stringer, but Ukiah remembers from the airport. She then shows them her PI credentials.

The next morning, Max, Ukiah and Kraynak drive to the campground where Alicia had been staying. They meet Rose there and find out more about the disappearance. Then Ukiah puts on his gear and starts looking.

Local searchers had covered the whole area and found nothing. Ukiah starts at the tent and soon finds Alicia's trail out of the campground and into the hills. He follows the trail for miles while Max and Jared parallel him on the road.

Ukiah finds signs of a man herding Alicia to the nearby road. Then he finds where Alicia has fallen from a cliff and waves at the others to show them the location. Someone shoots him twice with a high powered rifle, but the bullets are stopped by his kevlar vest.

Later Ukiah finds where two men and a woman had grabbed Alicia at the road and put her into a car. Ukiah can only follow the car for a short distance. The local police and the FBI gather the available physical evidence and start looking for the abductors.

Ukiah tells the police what he has discovered from the traces. But he does not tell them about the DNA samples that he has found on the way. Only he knows that the man herding Alicia was blonde.

After Ukiah calls home, he learns that the shooting in now known in Pittsburgh. His foster mothers know and so does the Pack. Rennie is on his way to Pendleton.

This tale finds Ukiah recovering many of his older memories. He even convinces the Kicking Deer family that he is their Uncle. He also finds Gets in Oregon.

Ukiah is injured several times in this story, but recovers before they return home. The next installment is Bitter Waters. Read and enjoy!

Highly recommended for Spencer fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of alien invasions, strange biologies, and naive young men.

-Arthur W. Jordin