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Time is the
problem--and the enemy--as Tom Swift seeks to compress twenty-five years into a
single heartbeat in order to open a mystery lockbox and claim a fortune. Tom’s
dyna-4 capsule, at the center of his time-transformer, is the key to unlocking
the strange bequest. But time is running out as an indomitable and ruthless
rival challenges the young inventor at every turn. His weapon is kidnapping,
and the unaccountable disappearance of Tom’s best pal Bud Barclay puts on the
screws and redoubles the stakes. As the action moves underground to a nuclear
blast-dome in Nevada, a vicious plot to frame Bud for murder raises the
suspense to new heights. In the end, relentless time brings forth the final
problem: How do you unfire a gun? The
deadly bullet is already in flight--and the target is Tom Swift!