Massive Cargo

by Mikey Wilson

Since gravitational meteors fractured Earth in an event known as the Fall, life has become strange and violently unpredictable.

Except for Kaito Harada, who is slowly rotting on basic income.

Raised by the Hope Program and fitted with an implant no one will explain, Kaito is desperate for anything that feels like choice. When he is selected for an apprenticeship aboard the independent cargo ship Liberty, he thinks he has finally found a way out.

The job sounds simple. The crew is not.

The captain keeps dangerous secrets. A professor with a heartbreaking problem opens the door to a truth that stings and somehow still glimmers. And in the dark, creatures that blend machine with flesh are already feeding.

A corporation wants what Liberty is hiding. The government wants it contained. And the hardware in Kaito’s skull may be the only thing that can save the first family he has ever chosen, if it does not take him apart first.

Found family, body horror, broken gravity and the right to own your own mind.

360 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 13, 2026

About the author

Mikey Wilson writes science fiction that mixes strange creatures, broken gravity and found family. Outside writing and his day job, he listens to all kinds of music through far too much audio gear. Massive Cargo is his debut novel.

Reviews

[Michelle Kimber]

I started reading this at 5am and I unfortunately have to dnf. It is not the book's fault. It is well written and I enjoyed the story and characters. I, however, am not a fan of body horror. Not even a little. So, sadly, I am dnfing this. If you like body horror I recommend this book as a good read.

[Deanna]

This was good. I liked the plot and the characters.