4.0 (1 rating)
The First Parasite (The Mortal Coil, #3)
When a tear in the sky unleashes something unknown, Yuri Volkov and the crew of Aurora Station become trapped in a nightmare of silence, hallucinations, and infection.
What begins as malfunctions and whispers soon erupts into full contamination, rewriting flesh, bending minds, and twisting belief into fanaticism.
With Earth cut off and trust collapsing inside the station, survival means confronting not only what entered through the breach, but what it awakens within.
The First Parasite, Book Three of The Mortal Coil, follows the events of The Real Monster and The Pale Hunger, while still standing on its own as a complete story. It is a descent into contagion, cosmic dread, and the fragility of humanity’s mental and physical state.
Beware of the infection.
What begins as malfunctions and whispers soon erupts into full contamination, rewriting flesh, bending minds, and twisting belief into fanaticism.
With Earth cut off and trust collapsing inside the station, survival means confronting not only what entered through the breach, but what it awakens within.
The First Parasite, Book Three of The Mortal Coil, follows the events of The Real Monster and The Pale Hunger, while still standing on its own as a complete story. It is a descent into contagion, cosmic dread, and the fragility of humanity’s mental and physical state.
Beware of the infection.
Reader Reviews
4.0
1 rating
S.
May 19, 2026
I had a lot of fun with this one. There’s no comedy here at all, but honestly, I really enjoyed myself writing it. This is my first sci-fi horror, and you can feel the evolution of The Mortal Coil throughout the story. Here is where everything expands, sharpens, and begins the spiral that’s very hard to escape from.
I gave it four stars because, just like the others, I wrote it, and maybe I’m a little biased. But thank you for taking a chance with me and this story. Step into this universe that’s quickly becoming a saga of pure horror.
The infection has only begun.
Expect it on January 25, 2026.
I gave it four stars because, just like the others, I wrote it, and maybe I’m a little biased. But thank you for taking a chance with me and this story. Step into this universe that’s quickly becoming a saga of pure horror.
The infection has only begun.
Expect it on January 25, 2026.