Book excerpt: Ten years have passed since the end of the first Robotech war which almost destroyed Earth. Now General Rick Hunter is heading out in the new flagship SDF-3 on the most important mission of his life… Together with his intrepid crew, including alien warrior Breetai, fiancé Admiral Lisa Hayes, and ex-girlfriend Lynn Minmei, Hunter must travel to Tirol, the homeworld of the legendary Robotech Masters, and attempt to open up diplomatic relations. There he finds a world devastated by a far more deadly threat, the Invid, a ruthless alien race hellbent on seizing the secret of Protoculture, the power source behind all the Robotechnology. Collecting together the complete Robotech II: The Sentinels Book One (#1-16, plus the two Wedding Specials), originally from 1988-1990. This massive 464-page volume includes never before seen sketches and a new foreword written by John and Jason Waltrip.