{"product_id":"running-close-to-the-wind-by-alexandra-rowland-9781529099713","title":"Running Close to the Wind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Flag Means Death\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eSix of Crows\u003c\/em\u003e in this queer pirate adventure from the author of \u003cem\u003eA Taste of Gold and Iron\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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'\u003c\/em\u003e - Freya Marske, \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Marvellous Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvra 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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 importantly, they'll be legends . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Uproariously funny, exquisitely witty, brimming with buckling of swashes and scuttling of butts'\u003c\/em\u003e - Premee Mohamed, Nebula Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eBeneath the Rising\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243940098284,"sku":"9781529099713","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529099713-running-close-to-the-wind-1.jpg?v=1787990913","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/running-close-to-the-wind-by-alexandra-rowland-9781529099713","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}