Metal Fire

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:

17 chapters

Internal ID:

674

Series:

<- Southern Cross - The Final Nightmare ->

Robotech*

#8 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:

FOR REBA WEST, JONATHAN ALEXANDER,
TONY OLIVER, AND THE DOZEN OTHERS
WHOSE VOICES BROUGHT THESE
CHARACTERS TO LIFE.

First Sentence:

Once before, an alien fortress had crashed on Earth...

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"And this time, we'll fight to the very last Human life!"

Comments:

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Added: 18-Jul-2005

Last Updated: 13-Nov-2023

Publications

01-Sep-1989

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Sep-1989

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.50

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 18 Oct 2023 - 23 Oct 2023

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13102

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-34141-4

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-34141-9

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

David Schleinkofer - Cover Artist

A DOWNED SHIP!

An alien fortress had crashlanded on Earth. But the most recent arrival from the galaxy's more sinister side had been brought down deliberately. Now it sat silently overlooking Monument City, as though daring someone to penetrate its dark mysteries.

And who better to test the mettle of that ship than Dana Sterling's 15th Squadron ATACs - after all, they had brought the thing down to begin with!

The mission read like a one-way ticket to doom; but for Dana it was a chance to get a glimpse of the glories of her ancestor race. And perhaps a chance to glimpse at the pilot of the red Bioroid who haunted her dreams - an alien called Zor, who was soon to emerge as

AN ALIEN SPY!

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Notes and Comments:

First Edition: August 1987
Fourth Printing: September 1989
Canada: $4.50

Includes chapter one of The Final Nightmare (book 9).

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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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