Thomas Charles BurbridgeTom Burbridge is an adventurer at heart and a storyteller by calling. A U.S. Navy veteran who once served aboard the USS Peleliu and USS Pluck, he has spent his life diving into challenges-whether plunging beneath the waves as a certified dive masterwith over a hundred successful dives, riding long distances on e-bikes across Texas, or exploring the rugged deserts and mountains that inspire his fiction.After a decade in the tech world as a hot sauce maker, technical writer, and IT security specialist, he found his true passion in teaching. Today, he serves as a middle school engineering teacher in Texas, where he sparks curiosity in the next generation of makers, tinkerers, and dreamers. His classrooms are filled with creativity, unplugged coding games, robotics projects, and the belief that failure is a stepping stone to innovation.Whether crafting worlds where gods fear mortals, building unplugged activities for classrooms without computers, or pushing the boundaries of what's possible in his own life, Tom lives by the motto: adventure isn't found, it's made.He continues to balance teaching, writing, and adventuring with a deep sense of purpose-and just enough mischief to keep things interesting Read More Read Less