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A field test of
Tom Swift's remarkable new invention, a camera able to reproduce the imagery of
the mind's eye, turns tragic when the thoughtograph erases the memory of his
close friend Bashalli. Before a remedy can be found, Tom is recruited for a
desperate international operation aimed at countering nuclear blackmail and the
threat of mass destruction. The key to the mission is to use the imager to scan
the mind of an orphaned boy who may have witnessed top-secret information vital
to defeating the insidious threat. The quest takes Tom and his pal Bud to the
East Europe nation of Brungaria, where Tom defies a mysterious warning and
braves hidden attackers in the employ of a cunning, ruthless dictator. A sniper
attack, a mind-reading session with a dead man, and a mountain avalanche are
only the prelude to the young inventor's climactic confrontation with his foe,
as a nuclear nightmare hangs in the balance!