Genesis

Title: Genesis
Author: Jack McKinney
Rating: Five Stars

Sizzilin' Summary:
The Earth was at war when it came... a space fortress warped out of nowhere. Immediately, all the world leaders came to a peace in order to study and rebuild the super dimensional fortress (dubbed the SDF-1), in order to defend the Earth someday from the aliens that would eventually follow.
Now, ten years later, they have! The alien Zentraedi have come to capture the SDF-1, and this warrior race doesn't care who gets in the way.
Rick Hunter is a young man, but expert pilot. He gets caught up in everything by accident, but also starts caring for the young girl Minmei. Roy Fokker is a military pilot, and a good friend of Rick's. Captain Henry J. Gloval is the head of the ship.
They are all about to learn... the war has just begun, and neither side is going to fall in without victory. But when a miscalculation makes the SDF-1 end up on the other side of the Solar System, and all of Macross City with it, can everyone pull through?
The ship is full of the mysterious technology called Robotech, but will it be enough?

Rockin' Review:
I loved the anime. In this case, it's a positive thing. The first book of the Robotech series was great! I highly enjoyed it. It was fun to "see" through the eyes of the characters, especially Lisa Hayes. Yes, I'm talking about "the old sourpuss" (to quote Rick Hunter). The only negative side to this is the fact that we could change the main character of the section in the same paragraph, and that got a little confusing sometimes. Not much, but a little bit.
But I really like this book. It was good, had action, yet you could relax in-between chapters (not recommended for all authors). But Mr. McKinny has done a great job.
If you find this older book in an used book store, get it! It's totally rockin'!