She lives in the cloud, and travels in a phone. She’s Saga, A.I. Detective.The exciting action of the Swiftsure Yacht race launches an adventure which ranges from the urban landscape of Vancouver to the wild islands of Alaska. Chandler Gray, a sailor and software developer has created Saga (Say-Gah), an Artificial Intelligence app which emulates the powers of fiction’s greatest detectives. A … greatest detectives.
A chance encounter with the wealthy, glamorous Gina Lee, leads to an invitation to sail on her yacht in the Swiftsure. When Gina is kidnapped, Saga falsely claims Chan is a Private Investigator, and he takes on the rescue.
Sometimes bumbling, but always determined, Chan and Saga roll through adventures in flight, at sea and on the ground. With a band of friends providing support, and sometimes derision, Chan doggedly pursues the truth, no matter where it leads.
The quest leads to piracy in the Aleutians, a Land Rover attacked in the backwoods of Vancouver Island, and a lover’s betrayal. Saga’s remarkable abilities don’t always lead in the right direction, and her sassy attitude sometimes annoys Chan, but in the end they make an effective team.
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I really enjoyed this story about a software developer, the computerized personal assistant he developed and the woman he fell in love with.
Tiger and the Robot is a kidnap mystery that’s action packed, often funny and touching with more twists and turns than a BC mountain road. Oh, and by the way, there are also beautiful yachts and lovely British Columbia as a setting.
The story is well written with convincing and mostly likable characters (there are a few villains after all, and nobody likes a kidnapper) an a great plot. I really liked the persistence, sincerity and self-depreciating manner of hero Chandler Gray and I look forward to more stories in this series.
Being a fan of boats I was drawn to this author and his books because they centre around yachting and my other favourite – sci-fi. The scenery is described in a way that you can easily envision the surroundings. It’s a great adventure book for this alone but has the added element of a mystery to be solved by one man and his AI assistant – although she’s definitely in charge. I enjoyed this book a lot and found it easy to read and hard to put down.
Tiger and the Robot is a fantastic book. I loved the element of adventure teemed with a thrilling mystery and the romance of course. Saga absolutely made the book, outshining all the other characters with her skills and sass. The story seemed to flow well and the plot made for a great sci-fi with enough fun elements to keep it lighthearted. I would highly recommend this book, especially for anyone with an interest in sailing and adventure as the various settings are remarkable.
Tiger and the Robot: She lives in the cloud and travels in a phone she and Chandler Gray lead a cyber detective search for a kidnapped billionaire by Grahame Shannon
Starts with reviews from others, dedication, contents, and acknowledgments.
Prologue starts the book off in 1716 and interesting things are divulged.
Story starts with Chen and he has another idea for an app. He calls on his friends to help set up an apartment where he can work out of because he lives on a boat and drives around in antique cars.
Didn’t realize there’d be a lot of sailing in this and love it! There are so many little things along the way that excited me=how to put cabling from pc into table leg to hide them all. Would love to see one myself and own one!
Story of his app, Saga and how he programs her so he can utilize her in solving a mystery. He also makes one for his close friends for them to use and customize according for what they are looking for.
Months go by and he meets Gina and learns so much about her until she is kidnapped.
So much comes into play in this book: romance, bit of sex, fast paced, adventure, lots of travel throughout the world, sailing, coding and how apps work and how to avoid others finding out what it is you have.
Mystery app sounds so cool and Saga is on top of it all, her speculations really help find the clues and the solution.
I received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.
Do you ever read a book and wonder how you never heard of this author? Tiger and the Robot by Grahame Shannon was that way for me. Grahame doesn’t have many books out, but I found this book mesmerizing. Chandler Gray is a computer programmer and writes a program for an AI app that could help solve cases. Little did he know it would throw him into a struggle for the life of a woman he just met. His untested AI, Saga, maybe the quickest and only way to save Gina Lee’s life.
Tiger and the Robot by Grahame Shannon is suspenseful and fascinating. The plot has many twists. I was wondering if one of the AIs were the leak in the chase to find Gina. The author has a way of placing you in danger right there with the characters. You feel the adrenaline as the hunt becomes more dangerous. Overall, I loved reading this book. The only problem I had was when the characters moved from Alaska to Canada so quickly. My geography in that area is lacking, but the maps helped.
Tiger and The Robot is a fun adventure novel. It begins with Chan who is a genius inventor. His new invention is a personal assistant robot who uses artificial intelligence to gather information on a multitude of subjects.
Chan meets a beautiful woman named Gina Lee who is planning to participate in a sailing race. After a night together, Gina is missing. Now Chan has to find Gina (Tiger) and rescue her.
What happens next is a mix of sailing and software to discover what happened. There is also deception and danger, as well as flashbacks for detail on the characters.
This novel was a quick and enjoyable read. If anyone enjoys sailing and a sarcastic, smart hero, this book is for you.
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This is a completely different fiction book, this story takes technology, mystery and boats and makes one great tale about the disappearance of a woman and how technology is used to track her.
Gina Lee disappears from her boat, a yatch called Aphrodite while in the most important race in the area of British Columbia, once the yatch wins, the crew finds out that she didn’t leave on her own will; to solve the mystery of her disappearance, Chandler Gray who is an app developer and created Saga, uses that app to help find Gina.
This story is a completely new kind for me, I enjoyed it and I learned a lot about how we can use technology now a days in every possible way.
The racing yacht Aphrodite participates in the most important international race in the area of British Columbia, Canada. Gina, the owner of the boat, has had to leave at the last minute before the race, but after winning the competition, the crew of the Aphrodite learn that she did not leave by her own free will and that no one knows her whereabouts. Chan, Gina’s personal guest to participate in the race as another crew member of the Aphrodite, has been working on creating a highly sophisticated private investigation phone app, so he decides to put it to the test by investigating the disappearance of Gina, who most likely has been abducted by another yachtsman.
Written by an expert and successful racing yacht designer, this novel includes helpful schematic maps to better understand the areas where Gina’s search leads programmer and yachtsman Chan, Saga (his sarcastic personal assistant, private investigator, hacker and counselor in digital format) and the rest of the team that accompanies him, into this investigation that departs from the beaten path of police investigation to undertake a freer and more personal search. The story unfolds in a world of luxury cars, boats and high technology that allow the mobility of the characters with great ease along the northwest coast of Canada and part of Alaska. The action is continuous and fast and the support of the team (and the virtual assistant) becomes, as with a real crew, vital in the achievement of success. The plot never misses a beat, has just the right amount of twists, and a satisfying ending.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read stories that mix action, technology, investigation and boats.
British Columbia author Grahame Shannon has adventures in the water world. He founded a yacht sales firm, towboat construction companies, pioneered 3D CAD (computer aided design) systems for boat design, and enjoys a portfolio of designs for racing and cruising sailboat and powerboats. TIGER AND THE ROBOT is his debut novel in 1917 and now has BAY OF DEVILS already in line for publication also.
Grahame brings his fascination with sailing and computer programming into play in this dandy little thriller. He brews our interest in a prologue that relates the history of an 18th century fortune-telling machine called Gokensuki and cleverly ties that device into the ‘information’ that relates to the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing by the Japanese and their subsequent invasion (and consequences) of the Aleutian Islands… the significance of which impacts theory that follows.
Making fine use of his knowledge of and experience with computer programming, Grahame relates his story with polished skill. Example: ‘ It started with a dream…I dreamt in the language of the moment. In engineering school, my dreams were filled with strange and wonderful machines. Learning to cook, exotic foods prevailed. Starting to sail, I dreamed in air and water flows over foils and appendages. Three-dimensional and fully colored, in a way that no drawing could equal. Teaching myself computer programming, I dreamt in Fortran, later Basic and Java. Nightmares were in C++…One morning in 2015, I woke up to this note: Siri. Cortana. Sherlock. That’s all. I knew that Siri was Apple’s personal digital assistant. Cortana was Microsoft’s lesser-known equivalent. And Sherlock must have referred to Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective. Perhaps my subconscious was telling me to develop an app that would perform the functions of a detective? I liked the idea, primarily to stave off boredom and prevent me from ruminating on past failures. My name is Chandler Gray…’
That witty intro opens this excellent novel, distilled as follows: ‘Chandler Gray is a sailor and app developer that has created Saga. A virtual AI detective that lives on his phone. The duo embark on an unlikely adventure together across the globe after Gina Lee, a wealthy and glamorous yacht owner, is kidnapped during the famous Swiftsure boat race. Along with a group of friends, the two must work together to track down the missing woman. Their journey leads them far and wide; from piracy in the Aleutians to being attacked in the backwoods of Vancouver Island. Chan will stop at nothing to find the truth and is often at odds with Saga’s hilariously sassy attitude. Despite their differences, the duo make an effective team as they drive, sail, and fly along the Northwest Coast.’
The best of contemporary concepts blend into a mystery thriller and Grahame Shannon make an auspicious entry into literature! Highly recommended.
I really enjoyed Tiger and The Robot and thought the plot was brilliant. A great mystery book with lots of adventure and tech to make it even more wonderful. The book was very well written and the depictions of the different locations was a work of art. I found the characters very interesting and they developed well through the story with Saga stealing the show and providing a comical, sassy persona.
This is a fun sci-fi/AI story about an unlikely pair working together to solve a missing persons case/kidnapping. The mystery is to be solved by Chandler Gray and the app persona he created that hasn’t taken on a very strong and independent mind of her own. The story has a fabulous back drop in some of the most beautiful places and adventure is found at every turn. I think people keen on sailing will love this book the most for obvious reasons. Great book for action and adventure.
Definitely a fun read especially for the residents of Pacific Northwest. A little bit of romance, and plenty of action. A good escape book in this Covid time.