The Devil's Hand

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Author(s):

Jack McKinney

First Pub:

1987

Genre(s):

Science Fiction; Television Tie-In

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

15 Chapters

Internal ID:

679

Series:

Dark Powers ->

Robotech II: The Sentinels*

#1 of 5

Robotech II: The Sentinels*

A sequel to the three robotech television series that were novelized. The television version of these never got finished.

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1) The Devil's Hand
2) Dark Powers
3) Death Dance
4) World Killers
5) Rubicon

Robotech

#13 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 NICHOLAS, JEREMY AND MATTHEW
WHOSE ENTHUSIASM HAS BEEN A
CONTINUING SOURCE OF INSPIRATION

First Sentence:

In the middle of the night on an allien world, an army of insentient warriors dropped from the sky.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The war had come between them again!

Comments:

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Added: 19-Jul-2005

Last Updated: 12-Mar-2023

Publications

12-Mar-1988

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

12-Mar-1988

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

205

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

531

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-35300-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-35300-9

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT...

It was 2020. Six years had passed since the destruction of the Super Dimentional Fortresses 1 and 2, that final tragedy of the First Robotech War. But Earth was on the mend now, and from the wreakage of those ships the Robotech Defense Force had succeeded in fashioning a new battle fortress - the SDF-3. Its mission: to cross the galaxy and make peace with Tirol's Robotech Masters.

It sounded straightforward enough; but unknown to Admirala Rick and Lisa Hunter and their crew of thousands, the Robotech Masters were already on their way to Earth!

Nevertheless Tirol would have a greeting in store for the Expeditionary Mission: an incendiary salute from the warlord whose hordes had conquered half the galactic Quadrant - the Invid Regent! Threatened with a swift and violent end, and suddenly torn by internal struggles for power, the RDF would find itself thrust into...

A SAVAGE WAR FOR SURVIVAL!

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Notes and Comments:

First Edition: April 1988

Includes chapter one of Dark Debut (book 2)

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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