{"product_id":"9781529099720-running-close-to-the-wind","title":"Running Close to the Wind","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this queer pirate adventure from the author of \u003ci\u003eA Taste of Gold and Iron\u003c\/i\u003e, a former spy must work with his pirate-captain ex and a crew of misfits to sell a very expensive secret and get away with treason on the high seas . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Flag Means Death\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eSix of Crows\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eRunning Close to the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, a queer pirate adventure from the author of \u003ci\u003eA Taste of Gold and Iron\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexandra Rowland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Come for the irrepressible gremlin of a narrator, stay for the plot-relevant cake competitions! A whip-smart, hilarious and exuberant high seas romp’ – Freya Marske, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Marvellous Light\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Arasti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world – and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo find a buyer with deep enough pockets, Avra must work with his on-again, off-again ex, the pirate Captain Teveri az-Haffar. Together, they will have to risk journeying to the isolated pirate republic of the Isles of Lost Souls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only things in their way?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA calculating new Arasti ambassador to the Isles .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrother Julian, a beautiful, mysterious new member of the crew with secrets of his own .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. And the fact that they’re sailing straight into sea-serpent breeding season and almost certain doom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut if they can find a way to survive and sell the secret on the black market, they’ll all be as wealthy as kings – and, more importantly, they’ll be \u003ci\u003elegends .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Uproariously funny, exquisitely witty, brimming with buckling of swashes and scuttling of butts’ – Premee Mohamed, Nebula Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41822957994081,"sku":"9781529099720","price":8.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35591465_33138736-baba-4b8f-ae85-af22894863f4.jpg?v=1754517517","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529099720-running-close-to-the-wind","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}