Characters
- Mr. Jessop, a British security agent
- Thomas Betterton, a young scientist who has recently disappeared
- Olive Betterton, his wife who wishes to join him
- Boris Glydr, the Polish cousin of Thomas Betterton's first wife Elsa
- Hilary Craven, a woman with nothing to lose
- Mrs. Calvin Baker, a typical American tourist
- Janet Hetherington, a dour English traveler
- Henri Laurier, a gallant Frenchman
- Mr. Aristides, one of the world's wealthiest men
- Andrew Peters, a young research chemist
- Torquil Ericsson, a Norwegian idealist
- Dr. Louis Barron, a Frenchman dedicated to bacteriological research
- Helga Needheim, an arrogant scientist
- Paul Van Heidem, a geneal
- Mr. LeBlanc, a French investigator
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