Description
| Product ID: | 9781529099706 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Running Close to the Wind |
| Subtitle: | A queer pirate fantasy adventure full of magic and mayhem |
| Authors: | Author: Alexandra Rowland |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Adventure / action fiction, Adventure, Fantasy romance, Romance, Fantasy romance, Romance |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In this queer pirate adventure from the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron, 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 . . . <p><b><i>Our Flag Means Death</i> meets <i>Six of Crows</i> in this queer pirate adventure from the author of <i>A Taste of Gold and Iron.</i></b><br><br><b>'Come for the irrepressible gremlin of a narrator, stay for the plot-relevant cake competitions! A whip-smart, hilarious and exuberant high seas romp' – </b><b>Freya Marske, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>A Marvellous Light</i> </b><br><br>Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Arashti 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.<br><br>To 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. The only things in their way? A calculating new Arashti ambassador to the Isles; Brother Julian, a beautiful, mysterious new member of the crew with secrets of his own; and the fact that they’re sailing straight into sea serpent breeding season and almost certain doom.<br><br>But 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 <i>legends . . .</i><br><br><b>'Uproariously funny, exquisitely witty, brimming with buckling of swashes and scuttling of butts' – Premee Mohamed, Nebula Award-winning author of <i>Beneath the Rising</i> </b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Tor |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-06-13 |