The Wailing Octopus: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
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Chapters (53)
- THE WAILING OCTOPUS
- A RICK BRANT SCIENCE-ADVENTURE STORY
- 1956 BY GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. NEW YORK, N. Y. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed in the United States of America
- With his spear Scotty jerked off the enemy frogman's face plate
- List of Illustrations
- Spindrift Island
- THE WAILING OCTOPUS
- CHAPTER I
- Destination: Clipper Cay
- CHAPTER II
- The Scuba Slip
- Pretending to lose his balance, Rick fell squarely against the man
- CHAPTER III
- The Shadow
- CHAPTER IV
- Visitors by Night
- CHAPTER V
- The Warning
- CHAPTER VI
- The Deadly Tank
- The valve assembly, traveling with bullet speed, barely missed Scotty's head
- CHAPTER VII
- The Derelict
- CHAPTER VIII
- The Fancy Frogmen
- Rick turned in time to see a six-foot shark speed past
- CHAPTER IX
- Wreck of the "Maiden Hand"
- CHAPTER X
- The Wailing Octopus
- CHAPTER XI
- Lights on Clipper Reef
- A third man lowered something that glistened like gold
- CHAPTER XII
- Clouds Over Clipper Cay
- CHAPTER XIII
- Message in the Storm
- CHAPTER XIV
- Below the Dark Coral
- CHAPTER XV
- How Sings the Gay Sardine?
- Rick nudged Scotty to back away
- CHAPTER XVI
- The Deadly Spring Gun
- CHAPTER XVII
- Trapped in Twenty Fathoms
- CHAPTER XVIII
- The Fight on the "Maiden Hand"
- CHAPTER XIX
- JANIG Takes to the Water
- CHAPTER XX
- The Buried Secret
- The RICK BRANT SCIENCE-ADVENTURE Stories
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