Zen Cho's new book brought to life by wuxia fantasy, martial arts and Malaysian history

'The result owes as much to Petronas holiday ads as to Jin Yong,' says Cho, referencing her new book to Jin Yong, world's most popular martial arts novelist. Photo: Handout

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

That sentence sounds like an awesome set-up for a bar joke. It is also the premise of author Zen Cho’s new book The Order Of The Pure Moon Reflected In Water, available in bookshops now.