CONTENTS
1 The Phantom Jet
2 The Headless Giant
3 Amazing Fingerprints
4 Menacing Birds
5 A Rare Capture
6 Narrow Escape
7 A Mechanical Comedian
8 A Suspicious Offer
9 Telltale X-Ray
10 Dead-End Trail
11 Steel Sinews
12 The Secret Recorder
13 Arv Under Suspicion
14 Strange Indian Story
15 A Crucial Test
16 The Vultures Return
17 Marooned on the Mesa
18 Robot Tennis
19 The Watchman’s Confession
20 The Masked Intruder
21 Twin Trouble
22 A Clever Foil
23 Trial by Fire
24 The Giants Clash
25 Ator’s Triumph
ILLUSTRATIONS
Sermek side-stepped but not far enough He managed to snap two shots of the plane and the bird
Cautiously he made his way to the canopy and beamed his flashlight inside Tongues of flame spit from the opening
The robot headed directly for the mayor
Zoltan backed toward the fire door
Marco carefully set the model on the desk in exactly the same position Tom had left it
A blinding flash enveloped the opening above him A formation of up-jutting rocks caught the Skeeter like a giant outstretched hand
The extraordinary sight drew a large audience of plant workers Before the men had recovered from the first attack, a second blast of flame poured from the jet lifters
“He’s got it!” Tom suddenly yelled
CHAPTER 1
THE PHANTOM JET
“Hey, Tom, take it easy! We can stand only so many G’s, you know.”
“Okay, Bud.”
Tom Swift pulled back on the wheel of his diving jet plane. He had just dropped from thin air into the troposphere. Now, leveling off his delta-wing craft, the eighteen-year-old inventor grinned at the protesting voice from his friend seated directly behind him.
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