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QUEST OF QUI
A Doc Savage Adventure, by Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter I. THE DRAGON SHIP
? Chapter 2. THE DEVILS OF QUI
? Chapter 3. KILLERS ALL
? Chapter 4. THE KNIFE THAT THREW ITSELF
? Chapter 5. MYSTERIOUS CAMPAIGN
? Chapter 6. THE SECRET IN THE RIVER
? Chapter 7. WIND AND TERROR
? Chapter 8. PHANTOM ENEMY
? Chapter 9. TERROR IN THE NORTH
? Chapter 10. THE GOLDEN-HAIRED GIRL
? Chapter 11. DEATH FALL
? Chapter 12. A FIND AND A LOSS
? Chapter 13. "HE'D MAKE A SWELL VALET!"
? Chapter 14. QUI
? Chapter 15. MEN OF QUI
? Chapter 16. DEATH IN QUI
? Chapter 17. ULTIMATUM
? Chapter 18. THE DOUBLE-CROSSER
? Chapter 19. WAR CLOUDS

Chapter I. THE DRAGON SHIP
THERE WAS no wind, and the authorities later decided this accounted for what occurred, for had there
been a wind, many things would doubtlessly have been different.

Had there been a wind, a baffling mystery might never have come to the notice of the world, and to the
attention of Doc Savage. A number of men might have gone on living. And a scheme of consummate
horror would probably have been executed with success.

It was, however, dead calm on the Atlantic Ocean off the outer tip of Long Island. The calm had
persisted since dawn, and it was aggravating weather for sailboats, and at the same time very nice
weather for power boats.

The Sea Scream was a power boat, all eighty feet of her, mahogany, teak and brass, and she bowled
along at almost twenty knots. The Sea Scream was a yacht, and she had cost somewhat less than a
quarter of a million, which made her owner an important man, on the principle that any one who can pay
nearly a quarter of a million for a plaything is important.

But neither the Sea Scream nor her wealthy owner nor her guests were of special importance to the
world that day, as far as news was concerned. Millionaires and their yachts are a dime a dozen, as
concerns news, around Long Island Sound.
What happened to those on the Sea Scream was important. It was also amazing, so much so that citizens
in London, Paris, and elsewhere read about it in their newspapers that afternoon.

The Sea Scream was barely out of sight of land when the sailor at the wheel shaded his eyes, squinted,