(NEWLY EDITED February 2016) In this first of a new series, Tom Swift is no longer the perpetually eighteen-year-old. In fact, he has grown old along with his best friend, Bud Barclay. Something has come up that forces Tom to make the decision to save Bud from dying in an old folks home, rejuvenate both of them, and set out on an adventure that includes a mysterious giant egg buried below the surface of the Moon. Getting the "egg" to the surface is just the start of their adventure as it also brings him face-to-face with one of the race of beings he had previously called his Space Friends. He is in for a huge surprise as he discovers their true reason for being in out solar system and why they had been so helpful to him.