It is the technological crime of the century! A gang of daring bank robbers commits their heinous crimes and flees into the skies in a giant balloon, far from the reach of the law. Unstoppable and uncatchable, it seems every bank in the country will fall victim to their scientific misdeeds.But can Frank Reade Junior, teenage genius and fearless champion of justice, somehow devise a way to bring the brigands to justice? Can even his inventive mind solve the challenge of the dastardly bank robbers of the skies?In this classic 1893 science fiction tale, Cuban-American author Luis Senarens brings us another thrilling adventure of the 19th Century's most daring kid inventor, boy genius Frank Reade Junior!