Nel Bently Books

The course of Lin's life has been altered by three things: the weight of her surname, Samsara's implosion, and archaeologist Nel Bently. Lin's mission on Earth has failed. Her parents are MIA, her brother betrayed her, and she is told that Nel, too was lost to the flames that thwarted IDH's plans. Believing her lover dead, when Harris offers her a dangerous promotion, she accepts. The Dreadnaught Lahifa sets off into the stars with Komodor Lin Nalawangsa at the helm.As Lin's duties grow riskier, however, strange whispers and terrifying rumors dog her steps and she begins to piece together the truth about her mission. Spurred by her grief and fury, Lin discovers a dark past to the world in which she was raised and must choose how much of her humanity she is willing to sacrifice.Harbingers is a short story following Lin during the events of Fugitives.

​Can Lin save their lives when she's forbidden to get involved?Lin wakes from cyrosleep orbiting Earth. Her brother has a mission for her: monitor their organization's newest investment, an archaeological site. It proves the existence not only of extraterrestrials, but their human students abducted from South America 13,000 years ago. Students that include Lin and thousands of others scattered among the stars.Then Lin's glorified babysitting turns into a web of conspiracies, violence, and complex cultural heritage. She must choose between her brother's orders and the lives of the archaeologists she put in danger.​​Disciples is set in the Nel Bently Universe and takes place simultaneously with Travelers. Originally published in Beamed Up, a sci-fi anthology from Amphibian Press.

Heretics: Archaeologist Nel Bently returns to Earth searching for a deadly radio transmission. At every turn she is forced to question her allies and on which side Lin will fall when a line is finally drawn.Fugitives: Nel Bently joins a fleet of refugees escaping across the stars, hunted at every turn by the only woman she ever made the mistake of loving. Then a grisly discovery sheds horrific light on the voices in Nel's head–and what, exactly, Lin is after.Emissaries: Dr. Nel Bently is better at wielding her temper and trowel than her words, but Samsara's dead have chosen her to speak for them. And the cacophony calls for justice. She and Lin set out across the sinister jungle of the Nalawangsa estate, but 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. 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.

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.