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Way of the New Moon Circle

Written and Illustrated by Peter Simpson Cook and published by Quail Books and PSC Publishing

A SHORT FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATED NOVEL 

Full-Color Editions Release in Spring 2025

When a distressed rat and a snarky cat step through a moon gate, they discover they’re on an unexpected and ancient path. Joining them on this unpredicted journey is a miserable dragon and the remaining nine of the now scattered twelve Chinese zodiac animals. In a race against time, the animals quickly learn that only by working together can they find the mysterious New Moon Circle—and themselves.

  • Way of the New Moon Circle is a short full-color illustrated novel

  • This 98 page book is written and illustrated by Peter Simpson Cook

  • This book is for all readers — 9 year old to 90

  • Language: English

  • Book Size: 6 in. x 9 in.

  • Printed on premium paper and full color throughout

  • Choose between hardcover, paperback and eBook

  • Durable laminate gloss hardback cover

“For what it’s worth, this book was created for humans (like yourself) to read out loud to each other. I don’t care if you’re 9 years old or ninety—crack the spine and get to it.”

—THE CAT

WAY OF THE NEW MOON CIRCLE is a fictional tale from Chinese mythology, based on events twelve years after the Jade Emperor’s Great Race. The winners of that competition are the now isolated twelve zodiac animals who have been invited to attend a reunion on the eve of the lunar new year. Pursuing the circle’s unknown location, the animals find themselves in an allegorical narrative that plays with their assigned emotions and characteristics from Chinese zodiac astrology. Only by using their unique strengths (including a few unpredicted personality traits) and through cooperation can the animals find what they seek. By looking inward, will these animals finally grasp that competing gets them nowhere and that their long quest can be a meaningful journey?

This book features engaging animal illustrations that are part of the PSC ART STUDIO collection created by PSC.

Artwork created by Peter Simpson Cook. All rights reserved © PETER SIMPSON COOK.

This book is available for purchase at: REALEASING IN SPRING 2025

Way of the New Moon Circle Written and Illustrated by Peter Simpson Cook

Copyright © 2025 by Peter Simpson Cook. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the permission in writing from the author, except by reviewers, who may quote brief passages in a review.

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Characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.  

Design by Peter Simpson Cook

Produced by PSC Artist Studio & Published by Quail Books, Los Angeles, California, United States of America pscpublishing.com

Printed in the USA