{"product_id":"9781529099713","title":"Running Close to the Wind","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Our Flag Means Death\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; meets \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Six of Crows\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; in this queer pirate adventure from the author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Taste of Gold and Iron.\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Come for the irrepressible gremlin of a narrator, stay for the plot-relevant cake competitions! A whip-smart, hilarious and exuberant high seas romp \u0026amp;ndash; \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Freya Marske, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Sunday Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; bestselling author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Marvellous Light\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Avra Helvai, former field agent of the Arashti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world \u0026amp;ndash; and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;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\u0026amp;rsquo;re sailing straight into sea serpent breeding season and almost certain doom.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;But if they can find a way to survive and sell the secret on the black market, they\u0026amp;rsquo;ll all be as wealthy as kings \u0026amp;ndash; and, more importantly, they\u0026amp;rsquo;ll be \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;legends . . .\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Uproariously funny, exquisitely witty, brimming with buckling of swashes and scuttling of butts \u0026amp;ndash; Premee Mohamed, Nebula Award-winning author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Beneath the Rising\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45477900714205,"sku":"9781529099713","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529099713.jpg?v=1720433144","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529099713","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}