Android Einna: Our Only Chance

by Ray Else, Sergio Drumond (Illustrator)

A DIFFERENT KIND OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Issue 1 of this graphic novel tells the origin of Android Einna, the supreme A.I., created by the genius student Manaka Yagami and Professor Akagawa. Android Einna searches for the meaning of life, while a certain Tagona of the Yakuza schemes how to mass produce her to sell to the military and for his own personal army. Based on the well-received A.I. Chronicles novel 'Our Only Chance'.

50 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 2019

About the author

American, Texan, Parisian.
Ray Else lived in Paris for 5 years and while there joined a writers group and dared to write with all his heart. A review published by the Sorbonne included his story "Surviving on Mexican Shade", and the BBC World Service broadcast that same story worldwide. Then he got busy making a living as a programmer for companies like IBM and Rocket Software.

Recently Ray returned to writing with some success. His short story, "First Kiss", was published by Galley Beggar Press in the UK. His latest Android Einna sci-fi novels, "Our Only Chance", "Fountain of Souls" and "Escaping Heaven" are thought-provoking and fun.

Ray has a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.A. in Technical Instruction / Film History. He is married with 4 grown kids and 14 grand kids.

Ray travels widely, to get inspiration for his books - you can check out his travel blog at rayelse.com.

Reviews

[Sadie Forsythe]

Eh, OK. I'm more impressed with the art than the story, which feels too condensed even for a manga. (Can it be called manga if both the illustrator and author are American? It's certainly manga style, not American comic.)

[Ray Else · Rating 5 out of 5]

The artist, Sergio, did a fantastic job of bringing to life the story I wanted to tell. Each issue gets better!

[Audrey Stars in Her Eye · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a fan of the A.I. Chronicles and was excited to hear about the graphic adaptation. I was lucky to get a copy from the author. While this is a great addition to my collection, all opinions on the book are my own.
As a quick recap, humans find a way to put artificial intelligence in a human brain creating Einna. Our Only chance chronicles her evolution learning about being human and what an AI can truly do.
This graphic adaptation is beautiful. I love the play on color; it gives special emotional; impact on certain scenes and is foreshadowing the life of Einna herself.
While the graphic novel form gives less room for real depth, Else manages o covey the important aspects of the story and it is easy to understand what is going on. This comes from the fact that the original books are easy to understand for readers and not just a bunch of scientific jargon.
I love this graphic novel; it gives a beautiful visual to a unique and thoughtful story.

[Elissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

My First Manga

I must confess that this is the first manga-style book I have read, although I know they are wildly popular. I've read the trilogy on which this is based and was curious to see what would be done with the material. The illustrations are wonderful, with the clean, clear line of a comic book but without distortion and with greater subtlety and detail. The plot, already spare, has been carefully edited to the choicest tidbits of story. I know my brain was filling in background from the novel, but didn't get any sense of missing details for coherent development. The one caution is the story is not complete in one volume, but serialized. I would gather those familiar with the genre would be expecting that but for those of you who, like I, are expanding consciousness by branching out into something new, be prepared for "to be continued."