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TekWar
Series · 9 books · 1989-1997

Books in series

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#1

TekWar

1989

TekWar is the story of ex-cop Jake Cardigan, who's framed for dealing an addictive brain stimulant called Tek and sentenced to fifteen years of suspended animation. Now, mysteriously released after four years in the "Freezer," Cardigan is on the loose...and out for justice.
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#2

TekLords

1991

Jake Cardigan discovers the connection between a brutal murder and a synthetic plague that had killed his ex-wife, and it is all linked to the Tek cartel, purveyors of the computerized drug crippling the futuristic society
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#3

Tek Lab

1991

Investigator Jake Cardigan enters the blasted ruins of twenty-first century London to search for his missing son and invades the underground turf of the TekLords. Reprint.
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#4

Tek Vengeance

1993

While his girlfriend travels to Berlin to testify against the most dangerous TekLords, ex-cop Jake Cardigan is called to Brazil to speak to a witness and discovers that he has been tricked into leaving his lover's side. Reprint.
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#5

TekSecret

1993

Searching for the missing daughter of the world's wealthiest robotics industrialist, Jake Cardigan locates his target at the Mentor Psych Center where she has been brainwashed to prevent her from telling about a murderous plot. Reprint.
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#6

TekPower

1994

Uncovering a treacherous plot to replace the president of the United States with an android replica, investigator Jake Cardigan, the sworn enemy of the evil Teklords, is stunned when the plot is carried out before his very eyes. Reprint.
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#7

TekMoney

1995

When his son is accused of murder, Investigator Jake Cardigan must clear his name, but the truth about the crime will push Cardigan to the edge of his wits, and beyond. Reprint.
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#8

TekKill

1996

When Jake Cardigan's boss, Walter Bascomb, is arrested for murder it looks like an open-and-shut case of jealous rage, but Cardigan, looking to clear his boss' name, begins a dangerous search for the real murderer. Reprint.
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#9

TekNet

1997

The latest addition to the Tek series, this futuristic tale puts detectives Sid Gomez and Jake Cardigan on the trail of Sid's ex-wife, who disappears while working on an unauthorized TekLord biography, and a secretive industrialist who was supposedly already dead. Reprint.

Author

William Shatner
William Shatner
Author · 41 books
William Shatner is the author of nine Star Trek novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Ashes of Eden and The Return. He is also the author of several nonfiction books, including Get a Life! and I'm Working on That. In addition to his role as Captain James T. Kirk, he stars as Denny Crane in the hit television series from David E. Kelley, Boston Legal—a role for which he has won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.
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