{"product_id":"running-close-to-the-wind-alexandra-rowland-9798874718008","title":"Running Close to the Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Our Flag Means Death, discover low fantasy on the high seas in Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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-Haffār. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 legends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Marvellous Light\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Rowland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798874718008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Recorded Books, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Alexandra Rowland","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":47203182084351,"sku":"9798874718008","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7081754-5fa5-481e-90b3-b3b6226084d1.jpg?v=1756834589","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/running-close-to-the-wind-alexandra-rowland-9798874718008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}