A review by alesia_charles
Dog Warrior, by Wen Spencer
5.0
The final volume of the series adds Ukiah's long-lost "brother," Atticus Steele, to the toxic mix of the Ontongard, the surviving elements of the Temple of New Reason, the DEA, the FBI, and the Pack. Once again, it's hard to discuss the plot without spoiling it; it's also very complex, with parties who ought to be allied working at cross-purposes and so forth. Suffice it to say that the Ontongard are trying to bring in allies and both the Temple and the Ukiah/Atticus/Pack side want to stop them. BUT the Temple are still trying to use their captured alien tech for this purpose, which they refuse to believe won't do what they think it will do. Cue boss fight in the under-construction Big Dig of Boston.
Once could almost wish for more of this series, except I also think that would be pushing the base concepts farther than they could reasonably go. I'd like to believe that the anti-Ontongard forces finally have the upper hand at the end of this one, and the rest will just be mopping up - not the most engrossing sort of action-adventure-SF novel. It's a good series ender ... and Spencer has written quite a few other SFish books, though they're different from this series.
Once could almost wish for more of this series, except I also think that would be pushing the base concepts farther than they could reasonably go. I'd like to believe that the anti-Ontongard forces finally have the upper hand at the end of this one, and the rest will just be mopping up - not the most engrossing sort of action-adventure-SF novel. It's a good series ender ... and Spencer has written quite a few other SFish books, though they're different from this series.