Tek Secret (The TekWar Series Book 5)

While searching for a missing heiress, Jake Cardigan uncovers a stunning conspiracy in the action-filled conclusion to the TekWar series
Barry Zangerly’s friends told him to stay away from Alicia Bower. The heir to the Mechanix International robotics fortune, she is beautiful, unstable, and too charming to resist. When she vanishes, Zangerly combs Greater Los Angeles for his damaged beauty, a hunt that finally leads him to an abandoned warehouse, where a vicious robot beats him senseless to get him to call off his search. Instead, Zangerly does the opposite—he calls Jake Cardigan.
 
The sharpest P.I. in the city, Cardigan is fighting to recover from the death of his fiancée. He couldn’t save Beth Kittredge from the Teklords’ bomb, but he will stop at nothing to see that Alicia Bower doesn’t suffer the same fate.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of William Shatner including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In the fifth installment of this popular sf detective series, private investigator Jake Cardigan again takes on the notorious Tek drug lords in his attempt to rescue a kidnapping victim. A TV movie based on the series should increase demand.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

Fifth in the series (Tek Vengeance, 1992, etc.) featuring private detective Jake Cardigan and his sidekick Sid Gomez. Here, Alicia Bower, daughter of the world’s wealthiest robotics industrialist, has disappeared. Jake and Sid, aided by Jake’s son Dan and Dan’s girlfriend Molly, track Alicia to the Mentor Psych Center, where Dr. Isaac Spearman shrinks heads in unpleasant ways- -in this case, obliging Alicia to forget that she overheard details of a conspiracy involving a US government agency, the ubiquitous Teklords, and killer robots built by her father. It’s all very cozy and familiar by now, as Shatner endeavors to turn Trekkies into Tekkies. The Tek telemovie reportedly in the works should help, too. — Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Review

“As tough and scrappy as Captain Kirk!” —The Wall Street Journal

About the Author

William Shatner (b. 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, and film director, known for his irreverent charm and his star turn as Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek television series, as well as many other roles. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Shatner was cast in Star Trek as the courageous, unpredictable Captain James T. Kirk in 1966. The show became a cult hit in syndication, leading to a number of spin-offs and movies. Shatner starred in seven Star Trek films beginning with Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. He later played leading roles on the television series T.J. Hooker (1982–86) and Boston Legal (2004–08). Shatner has also published a number of novels, most notably TekWar (1989), a science-fiction thriller that inspired eight sequels as well as video games and a television series. When he isn’t working, Shatner and his wife, Elizabeth, divide their time between Southern California and Kentucky.