Jerome Ehlers

Malone remains missing, and the explorers' search party crosses paths with a trio of dashing travelers. Marguerite becomes taken with the debonaire leader, Francois, especially when he offers her a way off the plateau.

When a BASE jumper's parachute fails to open and he plunges to his death, Jack Christey is convinced the dead man's three friends know more about the incident than they are letting on.