TOM SWIFT IN THE
RACE TO THE MOON

by VICTOR APPLETON II

Speed—and more speed—go into the mammoth project of completing Tom Swift's astounding new moonship, which is to carry Tom and his crew to Earth's barren satellite on invisible beams of force.
    It is a race against time and the stakes are high: a massive plague has struck the planet of Tom's mysterious space friends, an unknown disease which could threaten life on our world as well.
    From the first test flight to the day the mighty Challenger soars moon- ward, the desperate project is beset with sinister perils. A ruthless foreign faction is readying their own rocket, intent on seizing the diseased animal specimens sent to the moon for study, hoping to produce invincible germ warfare weaponry. The fast-moving, gripping drama in outer space brings Tom to the greatest thrill of his young life as he enters his planet friends’ spacecraft and sets eyes on its eerie occupants!
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