Quinn Gaither

Quinn Gaither is a character appearing in all the books set in the FAYZ, prior to which he is Sam Temple's only friend. He grows distant to Sam and betrays him early on, but saves his life and is accepted back into the community of Perdido Beach. He later founds the fishermen and works with them until the barrier vanishes. Quinn currently resides in Santa Monica, near Sam and Astrid.

Description
Quinn is a laid-back, calm, reliable surfer that jokes a lot. He is tall for his age and has black hair that he lets hang over his eyes. He is tanned and muscular due to rowing a lot so he can fish, which he is very good at. Astrid says that Quinn was a "spineless worm" at the start of the FAYZ and a "pillar of strength" at the end, an that he was one of the kids that changed for the better because of the FAYZ. He often wears sunglasses and fedoras.

Appearances

 * Gone

In Gone, Quinn is Sam's best friend and close confidant but soon betrays him shortly after Caine arrives in Perdido Beach by exposing knowledge of Sam's power and other important information to Caine. Quinn and Sam have a falling out but eventually more or less reconcile shortly before the Thanksgiving battle.

Hunger

In Hunger, Quinn reveals that he sort of has a crush on Lana and dances with her at the McClub. He becomes important in the FAYZ community when he starts fishing casually. Quinn discovers Sam whipped by Drake nearly to death after the nuclear power plant battle and helps get him to the mineshaft in the hope of finding Lana to heal him before he dies from his injuries.

Lies

Quinn continues developing his fishing expertise and, with some help from Albert and his entrepreneurship, begins developing a fishing crew that greatly helps the FAYZ community avoid total starvation.

Plague

Quinn now effectively directs a full fishing crew and develops a strong rapport with Albert. He becomes one of the more wealthy FAYZ residents by way of his trade skill. Quin is called upon to locate and notify Caine of the bugs threatening to invade Perdido Beach in the hopes of Caine helping fight them off.

At the start of Fear, Quinn and his crews are fishing quite normally but Cigar is taken to Caine because he killed Jaden with a studded table leg. He is sentenced to a full day with Penny. By the end of the day, he gouged his own eyes out. This enrages Quinn and his fishing crews, so they go on strike until Caine banishes Penny.
 * Fear

When the barrier goes dark, he is put in charge by Lana. A few of his fishermen try to help Caine, whose hands have been cemented. Caine's dignity is seriously damaged and he breaks most of the bones in his hands. Lana heals them. When Penny, Diana, Gaia and Drake come from the mineshaft, Quinn helps them try to kill Drake and Penny and is responsible for making Caine fight, by telling him that if he doesn't do something quickly then all anyone will remember him for is being held at the mercy of Penny. They end up killing Penny but Diana, Gaia and Drake go back to the mineshaft and the barrier lightens up. This time, it isn't opaque but clear.


 * Light

Quinn is sent by Edilio to get Albert from San Francisco de Sales Island. Albert then tells Quinn to stop fishing, forcing everyone to get back to work (having been distracted by limited contact with the outside world when the FAYZ wall becomes clear). Through Taylor, Quinn is the first person Sam sends for when he is hurt by Gaia on the highway. After the FAYZ wall comes down, Quinn moves to Santa Monica and helps Sam escape from the hospital.

After the FAYZ

After the events of Light, Quinn goes to Community College and gets a job as a deckhand on a sportfishing boat in San Pedro.

Relationships
Sam Temple

Prior to the FAYZ, Sam is Quinn's best and arguably only friend. They surf together frequently. After the FAYZ wall appears and relationships within the FAYZ evolve (especially after the events in Gone), Sam and Quinn grow distant and redefine their relationship as more acquaintance or casual than close. Quinn and Sam's relationship stays healthy/positive throughout the series. Although Quinn stayed in Perdido Beach during the Big Split, Sam doesn't hold it against him as he understands Quinn has become "the fisherman" and belongs on the ocean (and thereby near Perdido Beach).

Lana Arwen Lazar

Quinn develops a crush on Lana but it never evolves to anything more. Lana comes to greatly respect and trust Quinn as she sees his dramatic change in character throughout the series of events that unfold inside the FAYZ.

Albert Hillsborough

Albert and Quinn work together after Quinn develops a knack for fishing and Albert sees Quinn's efforts as a business opportunity. Quinn and Albert carry a good professional rapport and together quickly become critical in making sure the FAYZ residents don't starve.

Cigar (Bradley)

Cigar is one of Quinn's best fishing crew members and develops a good friendship with Quinn as the fishing efforts become more and more critical to the survival of the FAYZ residents. Quinn and his crew go on strike in response to Cigar's torture at the hands of Penny and Quinn affirms that, despite all that happens to Cigar, they will always be good friends.

Caine Soren

Quinn and Caine began as enemies because of Quinn's early alliance with Sam but as the series progresses, Quinn and Caine become neutral towards each other as Quinn's alliance with Sam fades and Caine realizes Quinn and his fishing crew are essential to keeping the FAYZ residents fed.

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