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Tek Power

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I gotta admit... I bought my first Tek series book (there are several in the series) at a yard sale due to the novelty of being authored by William Shatner, the actor that played Cpt. James T. Kirk in Star Trek. When I actually read the book, I was amazed at how riveting the story was! This detective story, set in the high-tech world of the future, did not have any lulls in it and was a great read from beginning to end. I even brought the book to work for some lunch break reading! I'm half way through the series, and finding each one to be as riveting as the last!

This is one of Bill Shatner's "Tek War" series' books. It is not bad, but also not particularly memorable. For all those Star Trek fans out there, don't bother, as this is nothing like Star Trek . . . although if Shatner hadn't been riding on his Star Trek fame, this book would have probably never have been published. His writing style is very gritty, something like Robert Heinlein, although not quite as bad. The book is really more of a detective/police story (the "T.J. Hooker" influence, no doubt) set in the future. If you like police stories, you might like this, but frankly, I was not much impressed.

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!