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Before the Invid Storm (Robotech)

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The most marginal of all the Robotech books (and apparently the last), there's very little going on in this book, especially when judged in the time-frame of the overall Robotech story-line. If you wondered how Dana Sterling and company got off Earth between the fall of the Masters (end of book 9, or episode 60 of the TV show) and the arrival of the Invid, this book will tell you. Of course, if you read the books in numerical order, you'll have already gotten that info from Lisa Hunter's log entry at the end of "Rubicon", or from Dana's activities in "End of the Circle".

It's to the authors' credit that they were able to keep finding stories in the undocumented time-lapses of the Robotech series and keep the whole universe consistent, but with "Before the Invid Storm", the diminishing returns may not be enough for some readers to bother with.

The Robotech Masters have been defeated, but nobody can really say Earth won either. The United Earth Government and the Army of the Southern Cross are in ruins as both political and religious movements fight over the mecha and what is left of the planet. In outer space the Invid Sensor Nebula seems to suggest that the Invid has sensed the Flower of Life on Earth. In Japan the family of Shimada wait for the coming of the Invid who they plan to negotiate with while the rest of the planet prepares for a fight.
Then Colonel Jonathan Wolf arrives with a heavily armed warship from space and things become even more complex!
Once again we get to meet Dana Sterling, Louie Nichols, Misa Yoshida and, in the last few pages, the Invid themselves!

Wow, Great Story. I always wanted to know what happened to the Southern Cross Warriors and of course the gap between Southern Cross and New Generation. Here's the deal: The Lost Generation Returns, as does Legendary Veritech Pilot Terry Weston, as does The Robotech Factory Satellite, as do the Zentraedi. Louie Nichols joins the Shimada Family, Johnathan Wolff and his ship return from Tirol, Dana Sterling & Johnathan Wolff have SEX. Behold the Debut of Lancer. Dana Sterling, with her companions the Southern Cross Warriors (Minus Louie) -Marie Crystal- and the Robotech Masters' Clones, HIJACK Wolff's ship and head for Tirol. A few months later the Invid finally arrive at Earth and immediately attack! No hi, no hello, no we've come for this reason, NOTHING! Just immediate attack and conquer. They kill the Zentraedi, destroy the Robotech Factory Satellite and Space Station Liberty. After this, the New Generation series begins. I highly recommend this book to Hardcore Robotech fans. It would be great if they also released this book on DVD.

BtIS is one of those books that is meant for hard-core Robotech Junkies. It has a pretty good storyline, but the lack of action is a major hinderance. It provides more in-depth information that can be exacted from other scources, ut is over-all a good book if you know the story. THIS IS NOT A BOOK FOR NEWBIES TO ROBOTECH TO READ! If you start out with this book you will not understand Robotech at all

The book neatly told the story of the two year period between the end of the second robotech war and the beginning of the third robotech war. The years which i originally thought were just wasted by the humans, but interesting things actually happened. I recommend this book to any Robotech fan.

ive been a big fan of macross since the 80's ...i mean robotech here in the states. ive been looking for this series for ten years now. ive got 1 - 21 now with this book . i hope more read this story in book form . the movies and anime series dont do it justice . a must get for collecters.....i hope more robotech/macross type books are released in the future...

Very good story line! VERY well written. If you're a Robotech fan buy and read this!!

I give this book 3 stars becase of its lack of action. It's nicely written and it is a good bridge between the 2nd and 3rd ROBOTECH wars. Although having Lynn-Minmei's name to actvate the Homeward Bound's Space Fold Drive was a little cheesey.

this is not one of the best of the Robotech Saga. However, fans of Robotech will enjoy this book very much. It serves as a much needed linkage between second and third generation. Within this book lies most of the answers to the questions that arose from reading the third generation series.

Very interesting book, it covers the period after the end of the second robotech war and before the invid invation. It's a must in your Robotech Collection.