Running Close to the Wind
A queer pirate fantasy adventure full of magic and mayhem
Alexandra Rowland
- Our
- Flag
- Means
- Death
- meets
- Six
- of
- Crows
- in
- this
- queer
- pirate
- adventure
- from
- 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
- LightAvra
- 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.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.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
- legends
- .
- .
- .'Uproariously
- funny,
- exquisitely
- witty,
- brimming
- with
- buckling
- of
- swashes
- and
- scuttling
- of
- butts'
- –
- Premee
- Mohamed,
- Nebula
- Award-winning
- author
- of
- Beneath
- the Rising
