TekWar - Jake Cardigan, Bk 1 Author:William Shatner Set in twenty-second-century LA, peopled with robot cops, seductive androids, and dazzling hardware, TedWar chronicles the exploits of tough ex-cop Jake Cadigan. Framed by an unknown enemy for allegedly dealing Tek, a mind-altering, highly addictive computerized drug that is poisoning society, Jake was sentenced to fifteen years on a prison modu... more »le. He is mysteriously released after only four years of compulsory coma. Returning to Earth, he finds that his wife and son have left him, and that the Cosmos Detective Agency is anxious to employ his services.
Signing on with Cosmos, Jake sets out for Mexico to investigate the well-orchestrated disappearance of a prominent scientist, his lovely, daughter, and the anti-Tek device they may be carrying. On arrival, Jake steps into a nest of viperous characters, all desperate to possess the machine for their own nefarious purposes.« less