From the void of interstellar space

a mysterious object is on a collision course with Alpha.

Too ornate to be just a wandering rock,

is it a ship, a living artifact, a tomb?

Contained within it are both an unstoppable horror

that threatens to destroy Alpha

and alien seeds that give rise to a new threat:

a thing of beauty, at once graceful and insidious,

that preys on the blood of those in its thrall

and threatens the lives everyone on Alpha.