The Order of The Pure Moon Reflected In Water by Zen Cho
A bandit walks into a bar… and of course a fight ensues. However, this fight leads to the bandit’s group gaining a nun as a new member. In this wuxia fantasy, the nun Guet Imm is center stage with bandit Tet Sang at her side, while the gang as a whole faces the possibility of death from both sides of a secret war ravaging the land. This is not an intense, fast paced samurai read. It is at times ruminate, more about the characters than the job the bandit group is working on. There are fights, but only a few. More consideration is given to building a character driven tale of brotherhood (and sisterhood) in the face of a world where someone is always out to get them. Zen Cho is Chinese and Malaysian, so both cultures dance in harmony on the pages of this story. Some terminology and names are Chinese, while others Malayasian. However the seamless mix never breaks immersion. On top of the cultural mix, there is a mix of sexualities and genders represented. There are multiple women in m...
