The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected ..., Zen Cho
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected ..., Zen Cho
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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

Author: Zen Cho

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Unabridged: 3 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/23/2020

Synopsis

Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history.

A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there.

Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of thieves (whether they like it or not) in order to protect a sacred object, and finds herself in a far more complicated situation than she could have ever imagined.

About Zen Cho

Zen Cho is the author of the Sorcerer to the Crown novels, Black Water Sister and various shorter fiction. Her work has won the Hugo, Crawford and British Fantasy Awards, and the LA Times Ray Bradbury Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the World Fantasy, Lambda, Locus and Astounding Awards. Born and raised in Malaysia, Zen now lives in the UK.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on June 24, 2020

3.5 stars. Now on sale! Full review, first posted on Fantasy Literature: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water is a surprisingly warmhearted fantasy novella set in a war-torn Asian country. It’s a queer take on wuxia, a time-honored genre of Chinese fiction based on heroes skilled in the mart......more

Goodreads review by Mai on March 30, 2025

The wuxia fever is real. My first foray into this genre came in 2000, when I watched CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON for the first time. The idea that death is a sort of freedom has never left me since. Who knew this genre could be translated so well in books? You all, I suppose. This short novella is......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on January 12, 2021

A light-hearted novella about identity, spirituality, gender and found family with some great character banter and a few brief but fun action scenes. A nice escape for an afternoon.......more

Goodreads review by Adam on November 12, 2019

This is a tough novella to review without wading into spoiler territory. The way that Zen Cho's new novella The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water began was a major feint. It seemed like it was going to lean into an action-oriented saga of black magic and banditry, bounty hunting and showdown......more

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