Harri went back into the jungle to save her best friend who was scheduled for execution within the week. Unfortunately, she met with more deadly opposition than she had expected. After discovering what she suspected to be a terrorists' killing ground, she immediately encountered two armed men who were set to add her to their growing pile of corpses. When the shooting had ceased, Harri stepped cautiously from her vine covered hiding place and found herself looking down the barrel of an assault rifle. On the other end of the rifle was the other ape from the airport-the one with the handlebar mustache. As she stood waiting for the bullet she fully expected would take her permanently out of action, she felt the hair begin to raise on the nape of her neck; this ape must be one of those kinky animals that plays with their food before eating it.

Jade McKaid, a Rancher in Arizona, a lawyer from Manhattan: After almost three years of trying to learn everything he needed to know about ranching, and having dealt with every problem fate could toss is way, Jade's life has finally slipped onto a track that leads to everything coming up roses. Jade's young foreman, Mick Holister, and Mick's sister, Cassy Meadows, had practically taken over the running of the ranch, making it easy for Jade to work the legal cases he had carefully selected from the many offered. Young Mick sometimes frowned on his boss' antiquated notions about running a ranch, but he knew from the beginning that his boss was still about half lost in an old west that existed only in Jade's mind. But Mick didn't mind his boss holding onto his childhood fantasies as long as it didn't ruin them financially. Now though, even Mick was beginning to relax and truly enjoy his position as foreman of the McKaid Ranch.