First published 2012
Barry Zangerly should have listened to his friends about Alicia Bower. The robotics heiress is beautiful, unstable, and impossible to resist. When she disappears, Zangerly searches Greater Los Angeles until his hunt leads him to an abandoned warehouse. A brutal robot attacks him, demanding he abandon his search. Instead, Zangerly contacts Jake Cardigan, the city's best private investigator. Cardigan is still reeling from his fiancée's death. He failed to protect Beth Kittredge from a Teklord bomb, and guilt consumes him. Now he has a chance to save another woman from the same violent fate. As Cardigan investigates Alicia's disappearance, he discovers a massive conspiracy that threatens everything. This final TekWar novel pits the detective against forces that will test his skills and his resolve in equal measure.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, detective, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: detective, found-family, investigative-journalism
Setting: Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Period: 21st-century
215 pages · ebook · Open Road Media Science & Fantasy