V. S. Holmes

When addict and failed-necromancer Ivigh is given anoffer he can’t refuse, he must help find Eir Lahren—the necromancer who unleashed the magical storm ravaging the world and gave Ivigh the gaping, bloodless hole in his chest.

Foul-mouthed Dr. Nel Bently discovers her pristine archaeological site is the center of an intergalactic feud.

Tossed into a world of high tech and higher stakes, she only has her trowel, her attitude, and her badass—and maybe alien—girlfriend, Lin.

When Alea's home is destroyed by a mad king's genocide, she is forced to choose between mortals who play at gods and gods who pray for mortality.

Beyond the keyboard, V is a former contract archaeologist based in New England, and likes to garden, feed the birds, and watch the river change with the seasons. He is a trans guy, among other flavors of queer, and married to a fellow archaeologist. They enjoy quiet evenings with food, games, and films with a sweet lab-rottweiler, Rory and the not-so-quiet brown mutt, Millie.