Captain Silver's Log of the Sea Hound #4

Captain Silver and his crew intercept a mysterious radio message that lures them toward the coast of Chile, where they discover two payroll planes have crashed under identical circumstances—each pilot radioing an inexplicable "overpowering odor of apples" before vanishing. When the cash boxes disappear from both wrecks, Silver pieces together a diabolical scheme and volunteers to pilot a third payroll flight himself to unmask the culprit behind this deadly operation. A tense hunt unfolds as the Captain navigates both the perils of the air and a web of sabotage born from vengeance and greed.

Jerry and his sidekick Tex make what should be a simple purchase at a Chilean festival—a souvenir statue—only to stumble onto a clever smuggling scheme where an arch-thief has been hiding stolen jewels inside the carved figures. When the criminals discover the two have seen too much, Jerry and Tex must use their wits and nerve to survive a burning building and expose the theft ring before the culprits slip away as innocent merchants.

Most know Robinson Crusoe as a work of fiction, but few realize that Daniel Defoe based his famous tale on the true ordeal of Alexander Selkirk, a real mariner marooned on Juan Fernandez Island off the coast of Chile in 1704. Stranded with meager supplies after a quarrel with his ship's captain, Selkirk must survive the crushing solitude, learn to hunt and gather from the island's resources, and navigate unexpected perils—from a slaver ship to indigenous inhabitants to a near-fatal fall—while clinging to hope that rescue will come.