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“We're trapped two miles below the ocean's surface!” The
dire exclamation underscores the deadly course of Tom Swift's most challenging
undersea venture -- a trip to the ancient city of gold on the ocean bottom. Perils
menace Tom and his friend Bud Barclay even before reaching the sunken ruins of
lost Atlantis as they face death in a flooding airlock and the wily plots of
the Mayday Mob. In the background shadows lurks a mysterious international
assassin of ruthless cunning and genius. Beneath the dome of Aurum City Tom
uses his spectromarine selector to bring to light golden ruins and a temple
hinting at the astounding history of the lost civilization. But there are spies
and saboteurs afoot, and as the suspects mount up the young inventor confronts
sea monsters, poison gas, virulent microbes, and a deep-sea race for life
against a torpedo-armed foe!