swift, tom (fictitious character)

Tom Swift and his friends at the Swift Academy work together to retrieve a drone that was taken by the custodian, Mr. Conway, who they believe is a notorious hacker.

Tom Swift must stop terrorists from ruining the Robot Olympics. Tom's been training his entry, SwiftBot, for the upcoming Robot Olympics -- a major event being sponsored by the White House's Office of Science and Technology. Teenage inventors from around the country will be bringing their homemade robots to compete in a series of athletic competitions. The Road Back, an antiscience terrorist group, has issued a statement condemning the event, and Tom hopes that the tight security at the Robot Olympics will keep TRB from causing trouble. But no such luck. Someone is playing dirty . . . and things are going to get dangerous.

An antiscience terrorist group called The Road Back has threatened to disable the Robot Olympics sponsored by the White House's Office of Science and Technology, and Tom hopes that the tight security will keep the group away.

When he arrives at a competition to race his new rocket-powered plane, Tom learns that some of the contestants have crashed during their test runs and decides to investigates the cause of the problem.

Tom, Bud, and Yo join Tom's dad on the S.S. "Nestor" to see Mr. Swift test his submersible, which he plans to use to search the sea floor for earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other phenomena, but when a storm hits, Tom risks his life to save his father.

When he arrives at a competition to race his new rocket-powered plane, Tom learns that some of the contestants have crashed during their test runs and decides to investigates the cause of the problem.

Tom, Bud, and Yo join Tom's dad on the S.S. "Nestor" to see Mr. Swift test his submersible, which he plans to use to search the sea floor for earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other phenomena, but when a storm hits, Tom risks his life to save his father.