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A runaway
crisis during the preliminary testing of Tom Swift’s newest invention
foreshadows thrills and danger to come. The exosuit -- a mammoth
robotcraft-for-two developed for the exploration of treacherous planetary
environments -- amplifies human abilities to the extent of allowing its
operator to control it directly by means of his own brain. To prove its powers
and discover its limits, Tom and his pal Bud embark on a cross-country road
trip that excites the imagination of the public. Two strange threats beset Tom’s
field test of Koku, as the young inventor has named his machine. A mutant
molecule, undetectable, endangers the world’s supply of microchip silicon. More
bizarre is the Nonsense Wave, a string of bank robberies involving senseless
actions and sudden death. Tom and Bud match wits with a violent militia,
struggle to prevent a suicide leap from a skyscraper, and perform a fantastic
stunt on the Golden Gate Bridge. But the youths are unprepared for the moment
when Koku himself seizes control and attacks San Francisco with a will of his
own!