In this 14th volume in the New Tom Swift Invention Series, Tom hope to improve on a small parlor trick he had come up with months earlier, when the U.S. Navy asks him to find a way to turn stealth ships into truly invisible ones. While it seems to be easier than he ever thought it might be, the young inventor is kidnapped, tossed from a moving truck and his test vehicle, a special read coupe, is stolen. Making matters worse, the thieves include an International terrorist, four rogue FBI agents and a Navy officer gone bad. Now, Tom must discover a way to see through his invisibility shield to hopefully get the coupe back. However, what happens if he succeeds? Does his ability to defeat his own invention mean it now becomes useless?