[1165] PEARL OF THE ORIENT - Chapter III

Hello everyone. I'm currently in the query trenches, just about a little over a month in, and I'm kinda in the paranoid phase. I've had my betareaders and all but I still want to know what more people think. Aside from your general feedback, I wanted to know if you guys think my first four chapters are a good enough hook for you to continue reading on.

Here is the last chapter of those four chapters. I think it sets up everything that one would expect from the novel. I feel that if readers are still not interested to read on by this point, then I must have failed.
[1766] PEARL OF THE ORIENT - Chapter II

Here are the three chapters before that. But you don't need to read them to get this:
[1155] PEARL OF THE ORIENT - Prologue

[2146] PEARL OF THE ORIENT - Chapter I

[1766] PEARL OF THE ORIENT - Chapter II

Here is the one I've critiqued:
[1479] Train