Oh you're right it was Mars! You can see how much mental energy I have dedicated to retaining Alec's plot (so, so little).

She could have kept writing Company short stories FOREVER is the thing and I'd truly have been so happy about it! She's got such a gift for character and voice, and even in the later books whenever we're hanging out with the minor characters I'm having a good time while the A-plot is shooting itself aggressively in the foot.