{"product_id":"running-close-to-the-wind","title":"Running Close to the Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Flag Means Death\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eSix of Crows\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eRunning Close to the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, a queer pirate adventure from the author of \u003ci\u003eA Taste of Gold and Iron\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexandra Rowland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvra Helvaci, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only things in their way?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA calculating new Arasti ambassador to the Isles . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrother Julian, a beautiful, mysterious new member of the crew with secrets of his own . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . And the fact that they're sailing straight into sea-serpent breeding season and almost certain doom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003ci\u003elegends . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Uproariously funny, exquisitely witty, brimming with buckling of swashes and scuttling of butts' - Premee Mohamed, Nebula Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 480 pages | Published August 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63867564654941,"sku":"9781529099720","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/running-close-to-the-wind","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}