Synopsis: The Clockwork Pyramid

SHORT VERSION:

A wig-maker, a vampire, a weredog, a tomb raider, and a surprisingly sexy mummy set out to solve a mystery and become pawns in a war between the ancient Egyptian gods.

LONGER VERSION:

Ketra is an apprentice at an upscale wig shop at the height of the Industrial Revolution in Memphis, Egypt. She's not particularly good at her job, but it's a fair position, better than working in one of the smoggy factories on the banks of the Nile where homeless spirits roam alongside more ordinary cutthroats and beggars. She doesn't have a family, but she has friends and quiet visits from a minor god who doesn't have much to do now that humanity has technology that's better than magic.

When a notorious crime lord (who may or may not be having a death feud with the sun god) walks into her shop and orders a special hairpiece, Ketra doesn't like him, and she hates him even more when his order gets her into trouble. Her god friend explains that Fate, which is supposed to be sealed until the end of time, has been stolen from the gods by some mysterious person or persons. There shouldn't be steam engines for another two thousand years, for one thing, and for another, someone attacked the Underworld, and for the worst? That hairpiece Ketra is making is going to get her fired whether she does a skillful job or not. Fired, and probably executed.

Time to 1. tell off a crime lord without getting her knees broken, 2. break into a tomb to put the hair back on the mummified corpse (who may or may not be walking around), and 3. stop this from just happening again tomorrow. Ketra and her god are going hunting for a traitor who murdered history-that-should-have-been.