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Running Close to the Wind
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Our Flag Means Death meets Six of Crows in this queer pirate adventure from the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron, Alexandra Rowland. ‘Come for the irrepressible gremlin of a narrator, stay for the plot-relevant cake competitions! A whip-smart, hilarious and exuberant high seas...
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See moreIn this queer pirate adventure from the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron, a former spy must work with his pirate-captain ex and a crew of misfits to sell a very expensive secret and get away with treason on the high seas . . .
In this queer pirate adventure from the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron, a former spy must work with his pirate-captain ex and a crew of misfits to sell a very expensive secret and get away with treason on the high seas . . .
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Our Flag Means Death meets Six of Crows in this queer pirate adventure from the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron, Alexandra Rowland.
‘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
Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Arasti 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 Arasti 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
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529099720
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 August 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tor
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 320g
Pages: 480
About the Author
Alexandra Rowland is the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron, Running Close to the Wind, A Conspiracy of Truths, A Choir of Lies and Some by Virtue Fall, as well as a Hugo Award-nominated podcaster (all sternly supervised by their feline quality control manager). They hold a degree in world literature, mythology and folklore from Truman State University.
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