Contributions

  • Ray Johnson (Illustrator) - Contributor

Publication

1966 - Grosset & Dunlap Inc., New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

44,500 words, Guess

Page Count

178 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPZ7.A653 Tq

Description

Tom Swift Jr. realizes one of his greatest ambitions when the U. S. space agency commissions him to do a comet probe. With his latest invention, the telesampler, Tom hopes to glean unknown scientific facts from the next comet to pass near earth -- and even, perhaps, make a manned landing. But his erstwhile enemies the Brungarians are a threat to the daring research project and U. S. scientific prestige. Meanwhile, weird unidentified flying objects blazing across earth's skies are causing the U. S. Department of Defense great concern. When Professor Feng, of the University of Heildelberg, gives Tom a strange clue to the UFO's -- a clue that dates back to the Middle Ages -- the young space scientist is soon caught up in a web of danger and intrigue. How Tom succeeds in solving the complex riddle of the UFO's -- just in time for a desperate race with a deadly comet as earth's fate hangs in the balance -- makes one of the most tension-packed, thrilling stories in the Tom Swift series.

Subjects

Genres

  • Juvenile fiction

Series Statement

  • Tom Swift Jr. #28

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