Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates

By Victor Appleton II, James Duncan Lawrence

Subjects: Asteroids, Interplanetary voyages, Juvenile fiction, Science fiction, Space pirates, Tom Swift (Fictitious character)

Description: A violent explosion in space touches off one of the most thrill-packed adventures in Tom Swift Jr.'s scientific career. The appalling news that a cargo rocket has disintegrated while en route with vital supplies to Swift Enterprises' research base on the asteroid, Nestria, sounds a grim warning that the lives of Nestria's personnel are at stake.