The Year of the Crocodile, a short story in the Cyclone series is more like a day than a lunar year. The bulk of it involves Trade Me protags Tina and Blake's parents getting to know one another. Tina's parents are Falun Gong adherents given asylum in the United States, and Blake's dad is a multibillionaire with factories in China. What could go wrong and can't we all just get along? We can!

The dialog between Hong Mei Chen and Adam Reynolds is fun, even if unbelievable. I would have liked the story to be a novella!