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At the sprawling Swift Enterprises nuclear research station in the
New Mexico desert, Tom Swift works to perfect a 10-foot robot strongman capable
of functioning in place of humans while exposed to deadly heat and fierce
radiation. The project is jeopardized by the inexplicable appearance of
menacing apparitions -- bizarre “ghost crows” which seem able to strike at will
and vanish like phantoms into thin air. The phenomenon is linked to the strange
mystery of a sacred American Indian site in the desert. While scouting the
mesa, Tom’s sister and friends Bud and Bashalli suffer a helicopter crash and
find themselves marooned and helpless. How Tom rescues his friends and, with
the help of a colorful gangster, uncovers a high-tech plot against him, makes
for a startling and suspenseful tale of super-science and hidden danger.