A short story set in the Parasol Protectorate universe, in which Alexia's father goes to Egypt, sets fire to an old dead werewolf, and meets Alexia's mother. It's entertaining enough on its own - and gets more so as the story goes along - but I think people who are familiar with the wider story will get more out of it (she says, trying not to spoil things). I enjoy Carriger's writing, for the most part, but the early half of this does fall a little too much into overdone flippancy for my taste. I much prefer the action of the second half. It's clear who Alexia gets her personality from, though.