A short story— They thought they were bringing home a ghost ship. Instead, they brought extinction. When the cargo vessel CS Nostromo reappears after vanishing for twenty-three years, the crew of the rescue ship Searcher is sent to investigate. The freighter is silent. Empty. Pristine. No distress signal, no damage—no crew. But something is aboard. Buried among salvaged debris is an alien artifact—smooth, seamless, and pulsing with unknowable purpose. As Searcher begins the return journey to Earth, strange symptoms spread among the crew: hunger, aggression, transformation. One by one, they vanish... or change. With Earth growing ever closer, Captain Donovan must make an impossible choice: reveal the horror they've unleashed—or let the planet inherit a mutagenic nightmare that won't strike for generations. **A chilling space opera of isolation, infection, and planetary-scale consequences—** Alien Cargo will stay with you long after the last flame dies.