This novel’s protagonist is unable to finish reading the poem “The Jackdaw of Rheims (“reems”)” because its description of water worsens his thirst. Three colossi in this novel, one depicting a crescent-headed goddess, are called the “Silent Ones” by the locals. A map drawn by José da Silvestra in his own blood leads this novel’s main characters to twin mountains called Sheba’s Breasts. In this novel, the last stand of the Greys helps their rightful king Ignosi defeat the usurper Twala. Captain John Good and Sir Henry Curtis go with this novel’s protagonist to Kukuanaland, where the witch Gagool traps them in a diamond-filled treasure chamber. In a crossover work, this novel’s protagonist meets Ayesha, the titular queen of its author’s novel She. For 10 points, what adventure novel introduced H. Rider Haggard’s big-game hunter Allan Quatermain? ■END■
ANSWER: King Solomon’s Mines
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