The Water Outlaws, S. L. Huang
The Water Outlaws, S. L. Huang
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The Water Outlaws

Author: S. L. Huang

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 19 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2023

Synopsis

Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training the Emperor's soldiers in sword and truncheon, battle axe and spear, lance and crossbow. Unlike bolder friends who flirt with challenging the unequal hierarchies and values of Imperial society, she believes in keeping her head down and doing her job. But then a powerful man with a vendetta rips that carefully-built life away. Disgraced, tattooed as a criminal, and on the run from an Imperial Marshall who will stop at nothing to see her dead, Lin Chong is recruited by the Bandits of Liangshan. Mountain outlaws on the margins of society, the Liangshan Bandits proclaim a belief in justice—for women, for the downtrodden, for progressive thinkers a corrupt Empire would imprison or destroy. They’re also murderers, thieves, smugglers, and cutthroats. Apart, they love like demons and fight like tigers. Together, they could bring down an empire.

About S. L. Huang

S.L. Huang is a Hugo-winning and Amazon-bestselling author who justifies an MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. The author of the Cas Russell novels as well as Burning Roses and The Water Outlaws, she has had short fiction published in Analog, F&SF, Nature, and more, including best-of anthologies. She is also a Hollywood stunt performer and firearms expert, with credits including Battlestar Galactica and Top Shot. For more information, visit SLHuang.com.

About Emily Woo Zeller

Emily Woo Zeller is an Earphones award-winning audiobook narrator. After beginning her voiceover career with Asian animation, she returned to the United States and began narrating a broad spectrum of audiobook genres. Her multilingual, multicultural framework brings a particularly unique, clear-eyed, and intimate perspective to the Asian American narratives she specializes in.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J (Midnight Book Blog) on October 09, 2023

It took me a minute to get into this, but it was SO worth it What I liked: I think my favorite part about this book was the slow, but incredibly well written, development of the characters. We begin with two women, Lin Chong and Lu Junyi, who are vastly different from one another: Lin Chong starts a......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on August 10, 2023

The Water Outlaws is a martial arts political fantasy inspired by a classic of the wuxia genre, but centering mostly women and quite a few queer characters. It follows a band of outlaws, a military trainer who joins them after being falsely accused by a corrupt official, and people being pushed to d......more

Goodreads review by River on July 01, 2023

3.75/5 I've always had words. Always... I have no right words tonight. I have no poetry for our kindred. Thank you Netgalley and Rebellion for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. I saw that this was described as being about bandits of ungovernable gender set in the Song dyn......more

Goodreads review by hiba on September 23, 2023

maybe it's on me for wanting a book called the water outlaws to be more about the water outlaws than everything else. first, what i loved: the women and genderqueer bandits of course. i love seeing people living in the margins of society banding together to defy oppression and injustice. i especiall......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on August 17, 2023

4.0 Stars Video Review: [URL not allowed] This reads like a gender swapped version of The Legends of the Condor Heroes. I love that traditional story but it has a notable male cast. Instead this one is far more feminist energy. The narrative is quite fast paced and action packed, feeling re......more

Quotes

"Emily Woo Zeller’s fierce narration perfectly suits this sweeping fantasy retelling of the Chinese classic 'Water Margin.' [...] Zeller voices glorious action-packed fight scenes with carefully intensifying pacing to keep listeners on edge. Her voice for Lu Da is particularly notable, hilariously melodramatic and bold. She’s sure to be among listeners’ favorite characters. As Zeller takes full advantage of relentless villains and compelling unexpected heroes, her kaleidoscopic voice enhances a large, dynamic cast of characters." - Audiofile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner

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