Thomas K Carpenter Books in Order

An expectant mother flees a decaying city with her young child after her husband’s murder. The memories stored in his augmented-reality glasses offer a way to uncover what happened, provided she can use them while escaping the dangers around her.

Reality hacker Zel Aurora can reshape the digital world but cannot cure her daughter's illness. A deal with a crime lord sends her against rival realities, accompanied by a bodyguard immune to her powers.

Inventor Heron accepts a mysterious patron's payment to investigate the burning of Alexandria's Great Library a century earlier. Hoping to escape her brother's debts, she uncovers a mystery with consequences for the Roman Empire.

Gabby and the Frags escape LifeGame's rules only to encounter dangerous, unfamiliar Freelands. Internal divisions threaten their group while approaching war obscures the trail to Zaela, forcing Gabby to rethink how she can find her friend.

Gabby DeCorte excels in a society where everyday activities earn LifeGame points, but her artistic friend Zaela struggles. A mysterious group's warning about the fate of losers forces Gabby to question the system she knows.

Melandre takes her children to the galaxy’s only cageless zoo while struggling with her husband’s recent death. When the visit descends into chaos, she must rely on the family bonds she has been trying to rebuild.

An old enemy takes control of a spreading digital religion, threatening global conflict. Stranded in Greenland, Zel joins a repentant celebrity and a vengeful orphan, discovering that manipulating reality cannot solve every human problem.

Determined to reach Zaela before war begins, Gabby asks the Coders to send her into the Southlands as a spy. An enemy who knows her weaknesses turns the mission into a struggle for survival.

Zel Aurora accompanies the Quicksilver Spider on a search for his origins while climate disasters and digital plagues spread. When danger reaches her family's refuge, protecting her daughters conflicts with confronting an enemy and saving a friend.

Reality thief Zel Aurora breaks into an alpine fortress to steal an illegal substance, risking a dangerous friend’s retaliation. What begins as an antidote to boredom becomes a test of whether even her unusual abilities have limits.

A Roman fleet threatens Alexandria while rivalries undermine the city's defenses. Heron searches for a surviving heir of Alexander the Great, hoping the discovery can prevent a naval blockade from becoming the city's destruction.

Heron plans an immense pyramid to fulfill Alexander's legacy while Agog seeks Parthian allies against Rome. Escalating demands and hidden opposition threaten both her construction project and the fragile city-state's efforts to avoid isolation.

Inventor Heron of Alexandria helps a district magistrate investigate five unusual crimes. Numerology, a severed arm, a murdered noble, falling frogs, and a family curse turn her knowledge toward mysteries in the quieter years before the Alexandrian Saga.

After the Makers abandon Earth, the sentient city Asp struggles against dwindling resources and decay. Seeking help from the remaining primitive peoples forces him to set aside his pride and discover a different understanding of courage.

Rome prepares to destroy technologically advanced Alexandria. As Agog marches north with steam chariots, Heron investigates rumors of devastating ancient weapons, seeking a way for their forces to withstand the power of the Roman legions.

Left to manage the Roman Senate, Heron faces mounting enemies and an untrustworthy benefactor. Investigating Julius Caesar's century-old assassination becomes essential as a dangerous vote threatens to restore Roman control over the fledgling Alexandrian Empire.

Heron returns to find Alexandria controlled by Lysimachus, a priest claiming mastery over death. With the city against her, she seeks allies and a way to rescue Sepharia from the crocodile cult's grip.

Recovering from severe injuries, Heron travels aboard Hoth the Black's iron ship while the surviving Roman navy pursues them. Encounters with creatures of ancient legend force her to question what she believes about the world.

A strange cauldron and a dead thief in Benjamin Franklin's parlor leave exiled princess Katerina Dashkova under suspicion. With damaged memories and Franklin missing, she investigates amid political tensions that threaten another American war.

Asked to investigate a bloodless murder, Katerina Dashkova becomes entangled in a prophecy predicting her death at the winter solstice. Shifting loyalties and a dangerous former friend complicate her efforts to protect Philadelphia from ancient evil.

Monsters descend on Philadelphia despite Katerina Dashkova's growing magical powers. Investigating their origin brings a mysterious benefactor, a threat to the Transcendent Society, and an unexpected opponent whose connection to her past complicates the crisis.

Exiled Russian princess Kat Dashkova finds refuge with Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. When an official loses his clothes and two years of memories, their investigation points toward supernatural forces threatening the city's apparently civilized order.

Dark magic kills Thomas Jefferson's longtime companion, and Kat Dashkova and Benjamin Franklin must identify the murderer before Federalists exploit the death. Meanwhile, a rusalka's demand tests Kat's loyalty to her adopted country.

To confront Veles, who threatens Russia and the wider world, Kat and Benjamin Franklin travel through dreams in Baba Yaga's hut. The witches' extraordinary vehicle contains forgotten dangers that their magic may accidentally awaken.

Stranded in Siberia, Kat and Benjamin Franklin must cross the frozen wilderness to reach Moscow and oppose Veles. Encounters with a figure from Kat's imperial past and a legendary creature complicate their already perilous journey.

Prophecies threaten the multiverse while competing gods pursue power. Kat and Benjamin Franklin decide to confront Veles directly, but revelations during the conflict jeopardize their plans and force Kat toward a choice with consequences beyond their world.

Orphaned sisters Aurie and Pi Silverthorne seek admission to the Hundred Halls magical university. Pi's search for a lost artifact to secure sponsorship draws them into rival pursuits and secrets connecting their family to the school's future.

Aurie's second university year goes wrong when she releases magic-consuming thralls and struggles in the Grand Contest. Discovering the Cabal's search for power to control the Hundred Halls makes her academic problems seem increasingly secondary.

Students at the Hundred Halls begin losing their souls during Aurie's third year. As forbidden magic threatens even the professors, Aurie and her sister search for the thief before the university suffers an irreversible transformation.

Arcanium's patron, Semyon Grey, slowly recovers from damage to his soul, leaving his students unable to practice magic. The Silverthorne sisters seek a way to accelerate his healing before the Cabal and magical madness overwhelm them.

With civil war threatening the Hundred Halls, Aurie and Pi investigate Invictus's disappearance. Their search reveals connections between the university and their family, forcing them to reconsider their identities while trying to protect the city.

Zayn Carter enters the Academy of the Subtle Arts to free his family from the Lady of Varna. Learning assassination offers a possible solution, but killing the ancient oppressor would also doom everyone in his hometown.

A rogue assassin beheads victims across the Hundred Halls, threatening students and teachers alike. Zayn's investigation leads his team into the Black Council and Diamond Court, where dwindling leads demand a painful choice involving those he loves.

A strange building appears in a city protected by magic that reveals future attacks. While others consider it harmless, Zayn and his teammates suspect danger and must use deception to uncover its purpose before disaster strikes.

Without its head patron, the Hundred Halls faces a dragon invasion from the Circle of the Scale. Other threats emerge beneath the city, forcing Zayn to weigh protecting the university against safeguarding his own family.

Lily's missing brother was last seen entering a notoriously unbeatable dungeon while seeking a powerful artifact. Alex and her friends venture into the Citadel of Broken Dreams to find him and uncover the object linked to disappearances.

Alex enters the Warsong Plains after a lonely first year in Gamemakers Online. Discovering that rival clans have rigged the competition, she must lead a team to victory or face permanent expulsion from the Hundred Halls.

Experienced achievement hunter Alexandria Duke joins Gamemakers Online, finding no tutorials or safe beginner areas. Surviving its hostile creatures becomes more urgent as she uncovers secrets that make failure dangerous to more than her own life.

Zayn approaches his long-planned confrontation with the Lady of Varna, but betrayal undermines his preparations. Unwilling to sacrifice his teammates, he seeks unlikely help against an ancient enemy skilled at escaping even carefully constructed traps.

Pax trains to become a Hunter while a dangerous creature kills people in the city of sorcery. Forbidden to investigate, she grows suspicious of her professor and a new student, eventually facing a hunt that threatens her friends’ lives.

Alex searches for her friends in Gamemakers Online's dangerous depths. Reaching the daemonpits requires passage through the Isles of Dread, where pirates and unstable loyalties threaten to defeat the cunning she has relied on.

Alex reunites friends scattered across Gamemakers Online and gathers an army against Professor Marzio’s forces. While facing an overwhelming enemy, she struggles with a brain tumor affecting her inside the game, forcing a choice with consequences beyond the battlefield.

An approaching army threatens the Mother Tree, leaving Terran and inexperienced elves to defend their settlement. The legend of the Crystal Bard offers hope, but using his voice as a weapon requires overcoming the fear rooted in his past.

Terran and his friends enter Kingmaker Saga expecting to adventure together, only for a vengeful hag to separate them. Alone in Rockleaf Forest and pursued by a Spirit Bear, he must develop skills to survive and find his companions.

Raised at a dangerous zoo with her psychic fox Kali, Pax expects to handle Animalians Hall’s challenges. Mysterious animal deaths and a hostile rival reveal that mastering magic may be easier than navigating the human conflicts threatening her survival.

Seeking answers about herself and Kali, Pax visits her Baba in northern Norway. Discoveries strain their bond as they investigate ecological disturbances and the Descendants of Bastet, leading toward a mythical enemy and the purpose of their shared existence.

Pax and her classmates travel to Danir’s jungles to learn fieldwork alongside scientists reviving the magesteel trade. Mysterious deaths, corporate interference, and ecological disturbances force them to unravel local intrigue before the expedition ends in disaster.

The Howling Wind crosses the sea with old enemies whose power has grown. Terran and his friends race to gather artifacts and strengthen Gneiss Glen, preparing for a war that will decide who controls their game world.

A prophecy warns Terran that the dying Mother Tree could bring destruction to his settlement and the continent. He searches for a way to restore it, confronting the possibility that saving his friends may demand more than he can give.

Reunited with his friends, Terran investigates a blight threatening the Mother Tree. As tensions complicate their partnership, they discover their supposed new home has a dangerous history and hidden traps that could destroy everyone drawn into it.

An invading horde forces Terran to seek a black crystal that could make him powerful enough to defend the Mother Tree. Its guardian presents another danger, leaving him to weigh his home’s survival against a threat to the world.

Moriganne must gain admission to a secret society or face banishment by her father. A death implicating the societies creates a conflict between pursuing justice and protecting her siblings and her place in the family.

New revelations reopen the tragedy of Solstice Charmer's death six years earlier. Moriganne investigates paranoid gang members, vengeful maetrie, and shifting family accounts, discovering that uncovering the truth may threaten the people closest to her.

Disgraced former pop star Minerva Sune enters a wealthy family ruled by a domineering patriarch. Unfamiliar magical studies, hostile professors, and treacherous friendships complicate her attempt to navigate the intrigues surrounding the Hundred Halls elite.

Moriganne and her siblings travel to Montanhas to rescue their family's business and compete for their father's approval. Their new acquisition conceals occult dangers, while limited escape opportunities and local unrest threaten to trap them.

Pax and her friends attend the opening of a zoo's Other Realms section, filled with dangerous supernatural creatures. One unusual animal disrupts the security systems, turning an anticipated celebration into a struggle to survive cascading failures.

Moriganne Charmer and her siblings lose their family's protection after defying their father. As his motives become clearer, they discover that stopping him is essential to more than their survival: the Hundred Halls and the wider world are threatened.

With the barrier to the demonic realm weakening, the Order of Merlin seeks alliances with powerful beings whose motives remain suspect. The young mages must address past wounds and internal conflicts while risking their futures to prevent an invasion.

Sent to investigate magical crystals in the Undercity, Pandora infiltrates the Drops clan and becomes attracted to a rival clan’s young warrior. Rumors of a spy threaten their connection and the fragile peace between competing criminal groups.

An elixir that improves magical crystal attunement shifts the Undercity’s balance of power. As Drops and Razor strengthen their positions, smaller clans unite into a numerically superior Alliance, bringing the competing factions to the edge of war.

After leaving the Hundred Halls, a group of young mages is reunited by Head Patron Invictus. Forming the Order of Merlin requires surviving his demands and learning to work together before an approaching demonic invasion overwhelms their world.

Surviving Razor warriors join Drops to oppose the powerful Alliance. Kuma, Pandora, and their companions prepare a strike against its center, but old hostilities threaten the cooperation needed to breach the enemy’s magical defenses and save their clans.

Demons invade the city, trapping the Order of Merlin amid chaos and endangering friends and relatives. The mages and their allies face escalating sacrifices as they attempt to halt an overwhelming advance before the Hundred Halls and their world are lost.

Fleeing into the deadly realm of the city Fae, Pandora and Kuma seek help against her grandfather’s control of the Undercity. Pandora turns to a former mentor, hoping to repair their relationship and unlock the power needed to resist.

Thief Remi Wilde enters a magical university intending to prepare for a heist, but lands in its healing hall. When patients develop a strange madness, a fellow student recruits her illicit skills to investigate a plot against the city.

Disguised as a minor noble, Pandora enters a tournament with Kuma to approach her grandfather and end his rule. Their plan becomes more urgent when they discover he seeks ancient artifacts capable of threatening realms beyond the Undercity.

Remi’s hospital training becomes dangerous when a figure associated with disasters appears to her in the Veil. People from her criminal past demand a treasured pendant, forcing her to confront threats to both her new life and old loyalties.

A deadly ghost attacks hospital patients as the Curse Ward’s enchantments fail. While her sister supervises efforts to heal their patron Medb, Lilith must determine why the protections are collapsing and find an answer to her family’s sickness.

A demon dragon’s attacks and a spreading plague overwhelm the City of Sorcery. Remi and her friends suspect a connection to corrupted Fae, but their instructor’s interference leaves them struggling to survive while attempting to prevent a wider catastrophe.

Hospital resident Damon Wolfhard dreams of murders and wakes covered in unfamiliar blood, fearing he may be the killer. His father’s sudden illness adds urgency as he recruits friends to uncover his family’s secrets and stop the deaths.

Iona and her allies return from a terrifying realm determined to regain control of their lives. Their search for freedom leads deeper into the Obelisk’s deceptions, where Sekhmet and an army of corrupted mages threaten the Hundred Halls.

As monsters hunt inside the Obelisk, Iona and her friends protect younger students and close rogue portals. Strange behavior, concealed motives, and a bloody ritual reveal an emerging cult, forcing them to question whom they can trust.

Escaping a warlock, Iona enters a magical university hoping for safety, only to face lethal pranks and indifferent teachers. When her pursuer finds her and recruits a classmate, she relies on fragile friendships to survive the Obelisk’s dangers.

Iona and her friends enter the Second Year Games seeking a powerful elixir, but students begin dying in supposedly protected spaces. As an ancient horror stirs beneath the Obelisk, competition becomes a struggle against betrayal and collapsing reality.

Iona and her allies gain a mysterious mentor who sends them hunting relics and solving magical puzzles. Their work uncovers a threat to the Coterie, drawing them into a cursed land where prophecy and betrayal endanger the city.