Southern Cross

Book Details

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Author(s):

Jack McKinney

First Pub:

1987

Genre(s):

Novelization; Science Fiction; Television Tie-In

First Read:

2023

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

18 chapters

Internal ID:

673

Series:

Doomsday
Metal Fire

Robotech*

#7 of 21

Robotech*

A series of novels from the US anime Robotech loosly taken from the Japanese anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross and Mospeada.

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1) Genesis
2) Battle Cry
3) Homecoming
4) Battlehymn
5) Force of Arms
6) Doomsday
7) Southern Cross
8) Metal Fire
9) The Final Nightmare
10) Invid Invasion
11) Metamorphosis
12) Symphony of Light
13) The Devil's Hand
14) Dark Powers
15) Death Dance
16) World Killers
17) Rubicon
18) The End of the Circle
19) The Zentraedi Rebellion
20) The Masters' Gambit
21) Before the Invid Storm

Copyright:

Dedication:

DEDICATED TO ALL
ROBOTECH FANS AND READERS

First Sentence:

It was a date that every schoolchild knew, though for some its significance had become a bit blurred.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"Tell the Fifteenth to stand down for a little rest; they've earned it."

Comments:

No comments on file

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Added: 18-Jul-2005

Last Updated: 16-Oct-2023

Quotes

If, in war, you're not willing to die for your cause but your enemy is willing to die for his, a terrible weight has been set on one side of the scales.

Southern Cross
Jack McKinney

01-Jul-1987

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jul-1987

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

200

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 6 Oct 2023 - 8 Oct 2023

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13101

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-34140-6

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-34140-2

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

David Schleinkofer - Cover Artist

A NEW ALIEN MENACE HAS
COME TO RAVAGE EARTH -

Some twenty years before, the Robotech Masters sent their giant warrior-slaves, the Zentraedi, to plunder Earth of its Protoculture secrets. But heroic men and women repulsed the invasion in a war that almost destroyed the planet.

Now, at last, the Robotech Masters appear to finish the conquest the Zentraedi began. A battle-ravaged Earth must defend itself once more.

This is the moment when young Dana Sterling, half-human, half-Zentraedi commander of an elite Hovertank unit, steps squarely into the spotlight of interstellar history.
Once more, the huge war mecha clash and awesome powers are brought to bear as...

THE SECOND ROBOTECH WAR BEGINS!

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Edition: July 1987

Includes the first chapter of Metal Fire (book 8)

Other book covers for this series run

Genesis

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Battle Cry

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Homecoming

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Battlehymn

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Force of Arms

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Doomsday

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Southern Cross

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Metal Fire

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The Final Nightmare

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Invid Invasion

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Metamorphosis

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Symphony of Light

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The Devil's Hand

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Dark Powers

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Death Dance

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World Killers

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Rubicon

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01-Jul-1987
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

Jack McKinney
Notes:

A pseudonym used by Brian Daley and James Luceno.

From "About the Author" in The Devil's Hand:

Jack McKinney has been a psychiatric aide, fusion-rock gultarist and session man, worldwide wilderness guide, and "consultant" to the U.S. Military in Southeast Asia (although they had to draft him for that).

His numerous other works of mainstream and science fiction - novels, radio and television scripts - have been written under various pseudonyms.

He currently resides in Ubud, on the Indonesian island of Bali.

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