SAMSARA'S DEAD HAVE CHOSEN NEL. AND THE CACOPHONY CALLED FOR JUSTICE. Archaeologist Dr. Nel Bently has never been farther from home. With a tenuous ceasefire from Lin's rebellion force and genocidal Harris behind electrobars, Nel dares to hope she might finally return to Earth. But the nagging whispers that dogged her flight are much, much louder. Nel is no stranger to giving a story and voice to the dead, but she never thought it would be so literal. With the ghostly cacophony calling for justice, she and Lin set out across the sinister jungle of the Nalawangsa estate. The depths of the overgrown satellite hold the terrible secret behind Samsara's ghosts, but unless she and Lin can work together, Nel will lose more than just her leg. And their incendiary relationship isn't helped by the fact that Nel can't decide whether she wants to kiss Lin, or blast her out the nearest airlock.Dar is comatose, Emilio is exhausted, and the dead need a voice. But Dr. Nel Bently is far better at wielding her temper and trowel than her words. THE X-FILES meets LARA CROFT in this snarky sci-fi about where we came from, and where we're going.Emissaries is the sixth and final book in the Stars' Edge: Nel Bently Books.This series contains descriptions of various queer relationships and intimacy. If this makes you uncomfortable, this is not the series for you. V. S. Holmes is an international bestselling author. They created the REFORGED series and the NEL BENTLY BOOKS. Smoke and Rain, the first book in their fantasy quartet, won New Apple Literary's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award in 2015 and a Literary Titan Gold in 2020. In addition, they have published short fiction in several anthologies.
When not writing, they work as a contract archaeologist throughout the northeastern U.S. They live in a Tiny House with their spouse, a fellow archaeologist, their not-so-tiny dog, and own too many books for such a small abode. As a disabled and queer human, they work as an advocate and educator for representation in SFF worlds.
