SHATNER’S TEK WAR UPDATES ORIGINAL VISION AS GRAPHIC NOVEL HITS STANDS

TekWar Trade Graphic Novel

Fans of William Shatner’s multimedia TekWar franchise can now add the first volume of Bluewater Production comic book adaptation of the seminal series to their collection.

TekWar Chronicles: Plague of Ghosts, a graphic novel containing the first four issues of Bluewater Productions' series of William Shatner's TekWar novels is currently available at several outlets including Amazon, Borders, Barnes and Noble and local comic book shops across the country.

TekWar Chronicles: Plague of Ghosts which has recently been nominated for Best Celebrity-Created comic by Comicpalooza, is loosely based on the original 1989 novel which centers on a disgraced former 22nd century police officer mysteriously released from prison for a crime he is certain he did not commit. Finding himself lost in a world that has changed since his incarceration, Jake Cardigan tries to put his life back together only to be lured back into the dark world of a digital drug called Tek.

"Revisiting the world of Tek has been very gratifying," said entertainment icon William Shatner. "The first few novels were written the Internet; before we knew what a cyber world was. In this refreshed version we updated the vision of the future and the technology. And we got to further explore themes like revenge, redemption and what it means to be human. But, at the core, it's still an exciting action-mystery romp."

The book, which contains a complete story arc, includes the 12-page prologue originally published as the promotional give-away for Free Comic Book Day last May. It also includes all the alternate covers of the first four issues and a foreword by Shatner.

Co-written with Bluewater veteran scribe Scott Davis and illustrated by Erich Owen, the 108-page novel is considerably darker and grittier than the original novels.

"The book is not only for people who enjoyed the TekWar novels and TV series said Davis, "But whether you call it an adaptation, a reboot or a re-imagination, what readers will find is enough of the source material to make it very recognizable, and enough new turns and twists to keep everyone guessing.

TekWar Chronicles is a continuing monthly series published through Bluewater. Early next year, Bluewater will publish two other titles based on Shatner novels (Quest for Tomorrow and Man O' War) and a brand new original concept developed by the actor specifically for Bluewater (Chimera).