![]() ![]() In return Bascom wishes to employ him as an expert in a series of Tek-related crimes, mostly in Greater Los Angeles, referred to as "GLA". Having been sentenced to 15 years' cryo-imprisonment, his release is brought forward by Walt Bascom, the head of private investigation agency Cosmos, who has uncovered the framed charges and exonerates him. The protagonist, Jake Cardigan, is a former police officer framed for dealing the drug four years prior to the start of the first novel. In the later novels, a new version called "SuperTek" has improved efficiency, is less likely to cause brain damage in users, and features a shared reality, similar to the TV versions "matrix". The drug creates a simulated reality (and in the films and TV series taps into "the matrix" hyperspace). ![]() ![]() ![]() The 22nd century universe is centered on "Tek"-an illegal, addictive, mind-altering digital drug in the form of a microchip. The novels gave rise to a comic book series, video game, and later TV movies and a series, both of the latter featuring Shatner. TekWar is a series of science fiction novels created by Canadian actor William Shatner and ghost-written by American writer Ron Goulart, published by Putnam beginning in October 1989. ![]()
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