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The bad guys hope no one will notice how realistic androids have become when the President of the United States returns from vacation looking fit and promoting a whole new set of policies, and Jake Cardigan works to uncover the deception. 30,000 first printing.
- Sales Rank: #2740008 in Books
- Published on: 1994-11-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 20.00" h x 20.00" w x 20.00" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 220 pages
From Publishers Weekly
Though told with humor and at a brisk pace, Shatner's sixth yarn featuring futuristic PI Jake Cardigan (Tek Secret) is so overstocked with cardboard characters, nearly each of them trying to do damage to another, that it's sometimes difficult to tell who is doing what to whom. Here, the head of the Cosmos Detective Agency asks Jake and his partner, Sid Gomez, to identify and track down the murderer of his daughter-in-law. The investigation takes the two gumshoes from their base in 22nd-century Los Angeles to New York and Washington, D.C., as they bump up against a plan to replace the president of the U.S. with an android while he's in rehab kicking his addiction to "Tek," a computerized, mind-altering drug. Several luscious lovelies, of varying degrees of bitchiness, comprise the female characterizations, while Jake remains a tough-and-tender PI cliche, role model and caregiver for his 16-year-old son. Gomez, too, ultimately comes off as just another stereotypical Latin lover ("I've always got time for ogling," he crows). Overall, this reads like an uninspired blend of Raymond Chandler and Philip K. Dick, but given the success of the previous Cardigan books, as well as the author's Star Trek allure, it'll probably climb the charts at warp speed anyway.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The sixth adventure featuring private detectives Jake Cardigan and Sig Gomez (Tek Secret, LJ 10/15/93) once again involves a plot by the notorious Tek drug lords-this time to seize control of the country's highest office. This popular series has a built-in readership, and libraries should purchase according to demand.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
This is the sixth novel in Shatner's best-selling series of space detective yarns starring Jake Cardigan, a twenty-second-century private investigator continuously drawn into battles against the technodrug, Tek (not to be confused with the second name of Shatner's ticket to fame, the original Star Trek). In this one, Cardigan and his allies foil a particularly repulsive scheme concocted by even more repulsive people to substitute an android simulacrum for the president of the U.S. and thereby set the stage for the legalization of Tek. The series has become predictable in the best sense of the term; each book offers fast action, a well-drawn, grittily realistic future world, some characters we know and like, some new ones, and, increasingly, a pleasant, dry wit. This installment will not disappoint the legions of Tek fans generated by the series, which Shatner is producing for TV. Roland Green
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Tek is back
By Chip
This book makes a great edition to the world of Tek, Shatners flair for writing is expressed and it does more for the imagination than the TV series could!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
It's sci-fi, Jim...
By FictionFan
Despite my soft spot for all things Trekkie and for the ever-lovely Cap'n James T Kirk, this is the first time I've tried one of his books. I say 'his books' but it seems to be a fairly open secret that they were in fact written in conjunction with Ron Goulart based on plot outlines created by William Shatner, though I can't confirm if that's true or false. Tek Power is the sixth in the series, and is based in a world of the not-too-distant future, where some kind of technological 'drug' is at the root of all kinds of gang warfare and corruption. Our hero is Jake Cardigan, one-time police officer, who now works in a private investigation agency alongside his old police colleague, Sid Gomez. There's clearly quite a bit of back-story to the characters but I didn't find that got in the way too much - this worked fine as a standalone.
When the cheatin' wife of the son of the investigation agency's owner is killed, the police are quick to class it as an accident and close the investigation down. But the agency head thinks there's more to it than that, and puts Jake and Sid on the case. Meantime the President of the US is about to go into rehab for his unfortunate tek addiction and, to fool the public, his place will be taken by an android double. It comes as no surprise to the reader to find that these two strands gradually come together...
In reality, this feels more like an '80s cop show than a sci-fi novel. Basically it's lots of chases and gunfights (only of course with laser guns), evil drug cartels, corrupt politicians, smart talking 'tecs, lovely but not always morally upright women, and seedy informants. The fact that several of these characters are played by androids is pretty incidental. Of course Cap'n James T Kirk morphed into TJ Hooker in the 80s, so it's not altogether surprising that both roles seem to have influenced him. Both Jake and Sid are likeable characters if not very deeply developed. They're like Starsky and Hutch - cool, indestructible and irresistible to women. The plot is silly, but then that ties in fine with the genre. The detection method can be summed up thus:-
Jake: Scarface McKay sent me here. He said you might know something about the case.
Slippery Sam: Here's a snippet of info, and now you should go see Charlie the Columbian.
(laser fight)
Jake: Slippery Sam sent me here. He said you might know something about the case.
Charlie the Columbian: Here's a snippet of info, and now you should go see Arnold the Android...
(skycar chase)
OK, I mock a little, but actually it's all quite fun so long as you're not looking for something to overtask your brain. There is a bit of a problem in that the futuristic technology is so out-of-date it's hard to take seriously. (The book was originally published in 1994.) They have 'vidphones' but they're not mobile, so people are still going to phone booths to make calls. Computers are not ubiquitous and things we would simply look up on the internet take a good deal of finding out. But I think my favourite bit was when a crucial piece of evidence was stored on a video cassette - I bet there are kids today who won't even remember what that was. (Maybe they'll think it's incredibly futuristic though!)
The series certainly seems to have a fan-base since it has apparently spun off TV movies and a series, and a computer game. Personally I wouldn't say that I'll be actively seeking out the rest of the books, but despite my mockery I did quite enjoy this - it's a light-hearted action romp that isn't trying to take itself too seriously and, as such, fills a few hours quite entertainingly.
NB This book was provided for review by the publisher, Open Road.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Dated, and not nearly as intense as you might expect from a book about detectives and drugs.
By stickerooni
This review originally published in [...]. Rated 2.75 of 5
If you combined Captain James T. Kirk with Sergeant T. J. Hooker you'd get Private Investigator Jake Cardigan. If you don't already know who Captain Kirk or T.J. Hooker are, you're probably not going to be interested in this book.
William Shatner is listed as the author on this book six of the TekWar book series. The series features a P.I. in the future and 'Tek' is an illegal, digital drug that comes as a microchip. In this volume, a drug cartel has plans to kidnap/kill the U.S. President and replace him with an android. The plan is already in action as the president, a Tek addict, has been hospitalized and an android is in his place and no one realizes. Jake and his partner, Sid Gomez must expose the plot or the real president will die and the All-American way of life could be gone.
This is actually a pretty good idea for a story (and it's been done very well recently with the "Nexus" books by Ramez Naam), and even given that it was written two decades ago and it hasn't aged well (VCRs?) there is some fun here. For a book about drugs and kidnapping the president, it's a pretty light-weight book. Our protagonists go from one lead or source to another with a comical regularity with an occasional chase or fight in between leads.
There is also an attempt at a lot of humor inside the story - this is not surprising given that the book is ghost-written by Ron Goulart, an author who wrote a lot of humorous sci-fi in the 1970's and 1980's. But the humor also feels a bit dated. Things that I thought might be funny when I was in my teens or twenties (such as getting the hispanic/latino name wrong) are not very funny now, in my mid-fifties.
I never really bought into the characters. Of course it was hard for me not to picture William Shatner as Jake Donovan, and while that might have worked in the 80's, picturing the Shatner of today trying to carry off this role now...? It didn't help my reading.
The series clearly has a following (the books have spawned comics, movies, and a television show), and this particular book isn't a bad read, but it's not particularly memorable either. I can't recommend it but if you come across it and choose to give it a read, it would be a decent way to spend a few afternoons.
Looking for a good book? Tek Power, by William Shatner, is the sixth book in a series about a detective in the future. It is dated and not nearly as intense as one might expect from a book about detectives and drugs, but it's a pleasant way to pass some time.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
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