TOM SWIFT AND HIS
ROCKET SHIP

by VICTOR APPLETON II
 

Tom Swift's third invention adven- ture takes the brilliant young inventor into outer space in an ad- vanced spacecraft of his own design!
      On Fearing Island off the Atlantic Coast, Tom readies the rocket which will carry him and his friend Bud Barclay into orbit in pursuit of an international prize for privately funded manned rocket development. But a mysterious competitor and his network of spies and saboteurs threaten not only Tom's revolutio- nary Star Spear, which utilizes Tom's futuristic solarizer and fuel-kicker inventions, but the mammoth exper- imental rocket designed by Tom's father.
      A reclusive billionaire and an eerie government informant add to the perplexing mystery — a tale of furious action from the moment a fly- ing figure breaches Fearing security to Tom and Bud's final confrontation with a hail of deadly missiles.

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