The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

I eagerly picked up this novella, having really enjoyed the author's Hugo-winning dragon novelette "If at First You Don't Succeed" and the novels Sorcerer to the Crown and The True Queen. This is the story of a group of people at loose ends who have banded together as smugglers, as a way to survive a war of oppression -- but a couple of the band's members are far more than they seem.

I think, however, that there are cultural tropes in play here which are lost on me. The jacket copy mentions "wuxia" -- and detailed scenes of martial artist fights don't really interest me -- and the story is mainly 150 pages of a bandit gang bickering childishly like siblings, which I find utterly unappealing. Wuxia fans may enjoy this.