Running Close to the Wind
Alexandra Rowland
- A
- queer
- pirate
- fantasy
- standalone
- adventure
- by
- Alexandra
- Rowland,
- the
- author
- of
- A
- Taste
- of
- Gold
- and
- Iron"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,
- Sunday
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- A
- Marvellous
- LightA
- LitHub
- most
- anticipated
- book
- of
- 2024Avra
- 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.To
- find
- a
- buyer
- with
- deep
- enough
- pockets,
- Avra
- must
- ask
- for
- help
- from
- his
- on-again,
- off-again
- ex,
- the
- pirate
- Captain
- Teveri
- az-H?affar.
- They
- are
- far
- from
- happy
- to
- see
- him,
- but
- together,
- they
- hatch
- a
- plan:
- take
- the
- information
- to
- the
- isolated
- pirate
- republic
- of
- the
- Isles
- of
- Lost
- Souls,
- fence
- it,
- profit.
- The
- only
- things
- in
- their
- way?
- A
- calculating
- new
- Arasti
- ambassador
- to
- the
- Isles
- of
- Lost
- Souls
- who’s
- got
- his
- eyes
- on
- Avra’s
- every
- move;
- Brother
- Julian,
- a
- beautiful,
- mysterious
- new
- member
- of
- the
- crew
- with
- secrets
- of
- his
- own
- and
- a
- frankly
- inconvenient
- vow
- of
- celibacy;
- the
- fact
- that
- they’re
- sailing
- straight
- into
- sea
- serpent
- breeding
- season
- and
- almost
- certain
- doom.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
- important,
- they’ll
- be
- legends.At
- the
- Publisher's
- request,
- this
- title
- is
- being
- sold
- without
- Digital
- Rights
- Management
- Software
- (DRM) applied.
