Thomas K. Carpenter
ASIN: B005NRXVRO
Publisher: Black Moon Books
Pages: 64
When the Magistrate of the Rhakotis District calls Heron of Alexandria—the greatest inventor the city has ever known—to help him solve a curious disturbance involving the Temple of Bacchus and an agitated numerologist, he learns the true cost of numbers. This is a "Heron of Alexandria" short story.