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En route to a
secret NATO demonstration of his newest inventions, a deadly twist of destiny
takes Tom Swift to Kranjovia, the police state that is a declared enemy of the
Western powers. Seized by the murderous agents of the tyrant Ulvo Maurig, his
escape from captivity is aided by a young dissident, Oblivya Zyg, on an ardent
quest whose real motive is as mysterious as that of the Kranjovian enemies who
pursue them both. Separated from his Swift Enterprises companions, traveling in
secret, the Mauriggers take Tom to Iceland, where the young inventor’s synaptor
machine poses both problem and its solution--as Tom is compelled to become more
than himself to defeat a fantastic technological threat that could hold the
entire world hostage to the fanatical rulers of Kranjovia. Or will the mental
and physical skills transferred to Tom’s brain by his invention prove a curse
that undercuts his last chance at victory?