2024/049: Running Close to the Wind — Alexandra Rowland

2024/049: Running Close to the Wind — Alexandra Rowland

"I'm going to tear down something that the most powerful people in the world very much don't want to have torn down. And I'm going to get away with it." [loc. 5067]

Ex-spy Avra Helvaçi is possessed of unusually good luck, a bunch of secret papers from the Shipbuilders' Guild, and a long-lasting fixation on dashing nonbinary pirate captain Teveri az-Ḥaffār. (He is not, however, possessed of any personal dignity whatsoever.) Reunited, the two join forces to become (a) really rich and (b) not dead, with a mutual aim of (c) persuading the gorgeous Brother Julian that vows of celibacy are really boring.

I've reread the novel for a more thorough review, though the summary above encompasses most of the important points.( Read more... )