How important it is sometimes to be in the right place at the right time! A jobless sailor, John Fowler, who made a living from dark dealings, was fleeing police pursuit and decided to hide the ends in the water—then enlisted in the French Foreign Legion. At that moment he could not imagine that he was taking the most fortunate step of his life. After all, the hard service in the Foreign Legion and the extremely dangerous expedition awaiting him into the impenetrable jungles of Equatorial Africa left little chance even for simple survival. There was no need to dream about luck. And then fate suddenly smiled on the fugitive…