Running Close to the Wind

<p><b>From the author of <i>A Taste of Gold and Iron -</i></b> <b><i>Our Flag Means Death</i> meets <i>Six of Crows</i> in this queer pirate adventure as a merry band of misfits attempt to get away with treason on the high seas.</b><br><br>Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Arashti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world &ndash; and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea.<br><br>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&rsquo;re sailing straight into sea serpent breeding season and almost certain doom.<br><br>But if they can find a way to survive and sell the secret on the black market, they&rsquo;ll all be as wealthy as kings &ndash; and, more importantly, they&rsquo;ll be <i>legends . . .</i><br><br><b>'A whip-smart, hilarious and exuberant high seas romp' &mdash; Freya Marske, bestselling author of <i>A Marvellous Light</i></b></p>