 "Cyborg IV" was published after Caidin's original novel was adapted into a television series entitled "The Six Million Dollar Man".Confusingly, therefore, its first paperback publication by Warner Books was issued as Volume 6 in Warners' "Six Million Dollar Man" book series (the only other Caidin work to be published in this series was "High Crystal"), even though Caidin's "Cyborg" continuity is separate from that of the other "Six Million Dollar Man"-branded novels by authors such as Mike Jahn and Jay Barbree which were novelizations based upon teleplays.In "Cyborg IV", Caidin takes the notion of cyborg to new extremes as Steve Austin's consciousness is hooked up to a next generation spacecraft, creating a new form of union between man and machine.