Rubicon (Sentinels) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jack McKinney (Author)

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Series: Sentinels | Publication Date: July 12, 1988

Optera! Birthplace of the Flowers of Life and their agents of retribution, the Invid . . . nexus for an unfolding of events that had left the galaxy reshaped and redefined . . . and now the focal point of the Sentinels' long campaign to liberate the Quadrant from the Regent's tyranny.
Edwards is on his way to Optera, in flight from Tirol with his prisoner Lynn-Minmei and a handful of Invid Inorganics under his control. So too are Breetai's Zentraedi -- closing on the very world the Imperative bade them defoliate generations ago -- and the renegade forces of Tesla, mutated beyond recognition by the fruits of the Flower.
The Sentinels themselves are not far behind. However, they have Peryton to deal with first -- a godforsaken planet cursed by fate and time itself. But what awaits Rick, Lisa, and the Human Sentinels there is a mere primer for what is to come: the realization that they have journeyed across the galaxy . . . to wage war against each other!

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Optera! Birthplace of the Flowers of Life and their agents of retribution, the Invid . . . nexus for an unfolding of events that had left the galaxy reshaped and redefined . . . and now the focal point of the Sentinels' long campaign to liberate the Quadrant from the Regent's tyranny.
Edwards is on his way to Optera, in flight from Tirol with his prisoner Lynn-Minmei and a handful of Invid Inorganics under his control. So too are Breetai's Zentraedi -- closing on the very world the Imperative bade them defoliate generations ago -- and the renegade forces of Tesla, mutated beyond recognition by the fruits of the Flower.
The Sentinels themselves are not far behind. However, they have Peryton to deal with first -- a godforsaken planet cursed by fate and time itself. But what awaits Rick, Lisa, and the Human Sentinels there is a mere primer for what is to come: the realization that they have journeyed across the galaxy . . . to wage war against each other!

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 215 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (July 12, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345353056
• ISBN-13: 978-0345353054
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #759,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It was a great book, but you don't kill off Breetei., June 13, 1999

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This review is from: Rubicon (Sentinels) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was one of the best Robotech books ever written. It has a great plot to it, and the action rarely slowes down. All the stuff that they found out about Protoculture was Mind bending. all the Sentinals books have led up to this fantastic (ending). In reallity the sentinals end in book 18 The End of the Cirle. I think that Jack Mckinney has written books that equal J.R.R. Tolien. All my friends that have read this book said it was the best Sentinals book out of the entire series. To all the other people who gave this book 4-5 stars I sulute you. of action.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Robotech The Sentinels: Rubicon, June 9, 1999

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This review is from: Rubicon (Sentinels) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is one of the best Robotech books by far. The Robotech Expeditionary Force has come halfway across the galaxy to wage war against the Invid but they've found another enemy far more dangerous than the Invid Regent, that enemy is one of the REF's own general T.R. Edwards and his ghost squadron. With the death of the Invid Regent at the hand's of Breetai, T.R. Edwards takes control of the Invid Horde for a fight that the Sentinels must win for their own planets, the Human's homeworld Earth, and the protoculture matrix.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The end of the Sentinels...yet not the end of the characters, December 9, 2009

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This review is from: Rubicon (Sentinels) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Sentinels are left with two planets to complete their original mission to rid the quadrant of war: Peryton, a cursed planet, and the Invid homeworld Optera. This is an exciting epic finale as all of the various characters in the power struggle converge - The Sentinels, The Invid Regent, the evolved Invid scientist Tesla, the REF, the remaining Zentraedi and the renegade Edwards - on a drastic fight of domination surrounding Optera.

This volume completes The Sentinels campaign that took many familiar characters from the Macross Saga across the universe to investigate the Fourth Quadrant. This final volume ties all of the loose strings from the saga rather quickly, but in an exciting ending the reader won't see coming.