In this hardbound edition of Tom's 16th adventure in this series, he finds out that a newly classified exo-planet outside Pluto's orbit is about to have a close encounter with the return of Haley's Comet. The problem is that at such distances nobody can tell just how close. A visit to the Planet, Eris, is called for but he must first devise a ay to travel faster than he ever has before so the trip can be accomplished before the pass by. What he comes up with astounds even his father, and that takes a lot Tom, Bud and their crew arrive in time to witness a catastrophic collision that begins...

For every Tom Swift novel there are at least one or two inventions that just seem to be "there" as if they always existed. Or, they are important but they don't really get described as to how they came into being or how they function. This book, like the other five in this series, aim to fix that. The ten stories in this collection are individually shorter than previous novellas, but they don't need to be lengthy. These are about 6,000 words each and can easily be read in a single sitting (or reclining.) The book includes: The Big Wheel - Tom designs and builds a fast monocycle From Toad to...

The third novel in this series. Sadly, Tom Swift has given up on the governments of the world. After fifty years of trying to help mankind and being instrumental in setting up colonies on Venus, Mars, and numerous moons throughout the outer solar system, he and ten thousand colonist, family and former employees have left the home system forever. Their destination has been to explore the Pleiades star constellation with hopes of locating a new, human-friendly home planet. Along with them are the remnants of the dinosaur race he once thought of as his "space friends." The uneasy peace between...

In this BONUS EDITION 11th novel in the Tom Swift Invention Series, the young inventor witnesses the near catastrophic fire at the historic Shopton Hotel. He is suspicious when he sees a woman leaving the scene, being extra careful to hide her identity. Tom's best friend, Bud Barclay, is almost killed in a fire bomber accident and that gets Tom started on coming up with a safe solution. His desire to get involved is strengthened when a series of other fires across the country begin causing massive destruction. A close friend pleads with him to do something and so Tom sets out to develop a new...

In the twenty-first novel in this new series, Tom has defeated the Electricity Vampires and now wants something a bit less diabolical to take up his time. A new X-Prize is announced that intrigues him: fly a solar-powered aircraft, non-stop, around the globe in just 36 hours That sort of speed will require an electrical powered jet, and that will burn up a lot of electricity. So, how can he manage to make what he needs by day... and still have enough to run at full speed at night? Might his recently discovered cousin in England, Thomasina Swift, be of some assistance? Complicating things is...