{"product_id":"running-close-to-the-wind-9781250802538","title":"Running Close to the Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA queer pirate fantasy standalone adventure by Alexandra Rowland, the author of \u003ci\u003eA Taste of Gold and Iron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA LitHub most anticipated book of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo find a buyer with deep enough pockets, Avra must ask for help from his on-again, off-again ex, the pirate Captain Teveri az-Ḥaffār. 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 Araşti 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 important, they'll be \u003ci\u003elegends\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tordotcom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250802538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alexandra Rowland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972202561717,"sku":"9781250802538","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0be1f47f-31a0-4011-a238-3d63b9ceee55.jpg?v=1713282621","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/running-close-to-the-wind-9781250802538","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}