![]() In the first few novels Cardigan is portrayed as a recovering Tek-user with several lapses, but this aspect diminishes as the novels progress - it is implied in later novels that to break the addiction for even a light user is impossible. 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. 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. ![]() It was later adapted into four television movies, a video game, comic books, and a television series. He turned to Ron Goulart, who took this idea and ghost-wrote nine TekWar novels. ![]() ![]() TekWar began as an idea of William Shatner’s. ![]()
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