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- Dimensions
- 5.75 x 1 x 8.55 in
- Weight
- 13.3 oz
- Publisher
- Tor Nightfire
- Publication date
- April 8, 2025
- Language
- English
- Print length
- 304 pages
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"You'll want to read this one with the lights on."―Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author Cold Eternity is the instant USA Today bestselling space horror from S.A. Barnes, perfect for fans of Severance, where desperation for eternal life leads to a fate worse than death... Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s most fortunate citizens from more than a century ago… The cryo program, created by trillionaire tech genius Zale Winfeld, is long defunct, and the AI hologram "hosts," ghoulishly created in the likeness of Winfeld’s three adult children, are glitchy. The ship feels like a crypt, and the isolation gets to Halley almost immediately. She starts to see figures crawling in the hallways, and there’s a constant scraping, slithering, and rattling echoing in the vents. It’s not long before Halley realizes she may have gotten herself trapped in an even more dangerous situation than the one she was running from…. Also by S.A. Barnes: Dead Silence Ghost Station Read more
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| Publisher | Tor Nightfire |
|---|---|
| Publication date | April 8, 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 304 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1250884950 |
| ISBN-13 | 54 |
| Item Weight | 13.3 ounces |
| Dimensions | 5.75 x 1 x 8.55 inches |
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Top Amazon Reviews
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Format: Kindle
Cold Eternity is exactly the kind of slow-burning space horror I love — claustrophobic, psychological, unsettling, and filled with an atmosphere so heavy you can practically feel it pressing against the walls of the ship. S.A. Barnes excels at creating isolation and dread, and this novel delivers both in abundance. The story builds tension gradually, layering unease upon unease until even the quiet moments feel dangerous. There’s a constant sense that something is deeply wrong long before the full truth begins to emerge, and that creeping paranoia made the book incredibly addictive. What impressed me most was the emotional realism of the characters. The protagonist feels genuinely human — flawed, exhausted, uncertain, and believable in the face of impossible circumstances. Rather than relying only on jump scares or nonstop action, Barnes leans into psychological tension, loneliness, trauma, and the fear of being trapped with secrets you cannot escape. The setting itself becomes part of the horror. The cold emptiness of space, the failing systems, the silence, and the confined environment all create an atmosphere that feels oppressive in the best possible way. Fans of Alien, Event Horizon, or Dead Space will absolutely appreciate the tone here. The pacing is deliberate but rewarding. Instead of rushing the horror, Barnes allows the mystery to unfold slowly, making every revelation hit harder. By the final act, the tension becomes almost unbearable, and I found myself unable to stop reading. If you enjoy intelligent sci-fi horror with strong atmosphere, psychological depth, and creeping existential dread, Cold Eternity is an excellent read. S.A. Barnes continues to prove she’s one of the strongest voices currently writing horror in space settings. Haunting, tense, and deeply immersive from beginning to end.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2026 by Ryleigh Blackburn
Another win for Space Horror
Format: Hardcover
I have liked both of S.A. Barnes pervious books Dead Space and Ghost Station and this one is another winner. A little shorter than her previous one I think it is a pretty good story that's wrapped up before it over stays its welcome.
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2025 by Khalil
An entertaining locked-room space horror
Format: Hardcover
3.5 stars While I didn’t enjoy this as much as the author’s previous two books, it was still an entertaining locked-room space horror. The first half was quite slow, but fortunately, things picked up in the second half. The main character could be frustrating at times, though I understood her motivations. There was also a weird romance subplot I definitely wasn’t expecting, but I didn’t entirely hate it either. That said, some parts of the story were predictable and I didn’t always find the central plot compelling. Still, despite my issues, it was an engaging read overall.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2025 by Alix
Cold Eternity
Format: Hardcover
I've read the author's two other space horror books, and think this is the best of the three. Halley is on the run after a political scandal. When her hiding location is found out, she escapes by finding a job on an isolated space liner full of cryogenically frozen bodies. It is isolating work, and she never physically sees the only other live body on the ship with her. This was definitely creepy, and went in a direction I wasn't expecting. I was intrigued with life on the space ship, and wondered if I could handle the isolation.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2026 by Julia Monson
Loved the setting, enjoyed the protagonist, fast read.
Format: Kindle
The setup for this story with it's graveyard ship among the stars and the runaway caretaker was great. I admit, I had the wrong idea about Karl the whole story which was a nice reveal. Our protagonist's backstory is something of a broken mirror of 2024 US politics which pulled me out of the scifi horror story a bit. That said, Halley was still a character I could understand and empathize with. I do find the afterward a little disappointing. I feel like the actions Halley took in the climax of the story read as growth whereas the very last act feels like a step back. This may just be my reading of the actions. It could be read as "playing by her own rules", but if so, it wasn't related well. Still a solid, fast, & fun read. I'll be checking out another S.A. Barnes story.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2025 by Miles V. Aronnax
Great sci-fi horror!
Format: Hardcover
4.5 stars. COLD ETERNITY, the latest Space/Horror novel from author S.A. Barnes, is my favorite one yet! "Halley" is lying low until an interplanetary political scandal cools off. This isn't as easy as it sounds, as everything is electronically monitored in this future. She is able to find what seems like the perfect location--the Elysian Fields; a ship carrying the cryogenically frozen bodies of the wealthiest people, wishing to defy death by "returning" when technology was sufficiently advanced to cure whatever ailed them. After about two centuries, most other ships that tried to capitalize on this venture went out of business, but somehow, the original started up by Zale Winfield was still out there. Through a very sketchy "interview", Halley is brought aboard the ship--surrounded by frozen capsules of people who will likely never be resuscitated--and is tasked with making meaningless "rounds", pressing a "check in" button every few hours. The perfect place for someone who doesn't want to be found to hide out. Except that she begins seeing things she can't explain...things that defy logic. We learn about Halley's past throughout the novel--piece by piece as part of the whole, instead of one giant info dump. Even events from her childhood that had an effect on her situation, to an extent. I feel this was very well integrated, and helps the reader get to understand her motivations and beliefs. The story had some fantastic scenes that I did not see coming, and once begun, the pacing picked up dramatically. Overall, I honestly loved the ideas in this story, the world building, and the other sub-genres of horror that were included. My only reason for the half-star deduction in my rating was the ending--everything was wrapped up too quickly, and with all of the issues taking place, I felt that more time should have been spent there. Recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2025 by K. A. Y.
Spooky spaceship and memorable characters
Format: Hardcover
Pretty descriptive and creepy situations. A strong main character with lots of development. Good book
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2025 by holly
To expensive at almost 15 dollars
Format: Kindle
Spoiler alert. The story was ok but more detail about this future world and especially the cryonics part would have helped. Maybe having a scene of one patient being woken up, the disorientation, hope, realization and then being devoured, would have been real horror. The alien was kind of vague, what did it want beside a host? How did it slide into a body without killing its host? Where did it come from? The main character was kind of a yuppie do-gooder who I couldn't relate to. Book was ok but not for 15 bucks.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2025 by alwaysareader