{"product_id":"water-outlaws-1","title":"The Water Outlaws","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback edition includes a Locus-Award Finalist Novelette!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Best-Of Pick for \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e |\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e |\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e |\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Health\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eIGN\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003ePolygon\u003c\/i\u003e | Goodreads | Amazon | \u003ci\u003eNerd Daily\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eWeAreBookish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e| \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eBooks, Bones \u0026amp; Buffy\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eThe Escapist\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e |\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSciFixFantasy\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eDistractify\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eGizmodo\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e |\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e |\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopsugar\u003c\/i\u003e |\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Sue\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; others\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the American Library Association Carnegie Medal | British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e|\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNebula Award for Best Novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e|\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIgnyte Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e|\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDragon Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e|\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLocus Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's \u003ci\u003eThe Water Outlaws\u003c\/i\u003e are bandits of devastating ruthlessness, unseemly femininity, dangerous philosophies, and ungovernable gender who are ready to make history--or tear it apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"This wuxia eat-the-rich tale is a knockout.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Until a powerful man with a vendetta rips that carefully-built life away.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Apart, they love like demons and fight like tigers. Together, they could bring down an empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Water Outlaws","offer_id":46293699461317,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-250-84798-0.jpg?v=1780204336","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/water-outlaws-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}