Thomas K Carpenter

Cassia Vici is on a one-way trip to Saturn - to help humanity reach the stars....

Could you defeat the world's hardest immersive game? Alexandria Duke must learn how to or risk losing everything. When Alex joins Gamemakers Online, she finds there are no newbie areas, no tutorials, and nothing but vicious critters hunting her down. This seems like an impossible task, but Alex...

For 300 years it was believed Alexander the Great had no heir. The Roman armada descends on Alexandria....

The greatest mystery of the ancient world remains the identity of whoever set fire to the Great Library in Alexandria. One hundred years later, Heron of Alexandria - the city's most renowned inventor and creator of Temple miracles - receives coin from a mysterious patron to investigate the crime...

Breaking into an impenetrable alpine fortress. Double-crossing a dangerous friend. Stealing the world's most illegal substance because you're bored....

Heron of Alexandria - the greatest inventor the city has ever known - is called upon to help him solve a series of crimes....

When the Magistrate of the Rhakotis District must solve a dubious crime involving a wretched family of Alexandrian nobility without the help of Heron, he learns the true horror of family curses....

This is a "Heron of Alexandria" short story....

When the Magistrate of the Rhakotis District calls on Heron of Alexandria to help him solve the murder of a young noble in love, he learns what dangers lurk in trusting the gods....

Earth lies abandoned. When the Makers left for the stars, civilization descended into ruin....

When the Magistrate of the Rhakotis District calls Heron of Alexandria to help him solve a curious disturbance, he learns the true cost of numbers....

When the Magistrate calls Heron of Alexandria - the greatest inventor the city has ever known - to help him solve the mystery of a dismembered human forearm, he learns what value there is in the weight of gold....

An old enemy seizes control of the newly expanded Wiki-religion to create a new world order....

It's 2052. A new reality is just a download away. Decay is ubiquitious as the world's population shrinks under Sagan's Law. But no one cares, as their lives are consumed by the Digital Sea....

Two points for brushing your teeth. Ten points for keeping your room tidy. Seventy-two points for the Bioeconomic Game Design pop quiz on the ride to school in your personal FunCar. Another thirty for making every hurdle in gym class. Life is a game, unless you're not the one winning. Gabby...

Visiting the galaxy's only Cageless Zoo should be a special treat for Melandre and her children. Except she's still trying to reckon with her husband's recent death and how she's going to raise two highly independent children on her own. As their visit quickly falls to chaos, Melandre learns...