TOM SWIFT AND HIS
ATOMIC EARTH BLASTER

by VICTOR APPLETON II
 

Furious Antarctic storms and ruth- less scientific enemies stalk Tom Swift and his latest invention, an atom-powered tunneling machine designed to penetrate the hidden depths of the earth.
    When Tom proposes to drill for valuable molten iron at the South Pole, even his closest friends raise their eyebrows. But Tom's enemies, agents of a foreign power, turn the bold project into a race with death. With his pals Bud Barclay and Chow Winkler and a group of top-flight technicians, the young inventor braves the white fury of the Antarctic ice to set up oper- ations.
    But have Tom's determined Kran- jovian foes beaten him to his goal? The outcome hangs in the balance to the very end of this thrilling story, as Tom and his friends wit- ness the most phenomenal gusher known to man!


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