Cold Eternity is the newest action-packed space horror from S.A. Barnes, 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

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Praise for this book

Praise for Cold Eternity

"You'll want to read this one with the lights on. Terrifying and lonesome with a heroine who you'll root for, S.A. Barnes has quickly become one of my go-to horror authors!"

—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author

"Cold Eternity is the S.A. Barnes Creature Feature we've all been waiting for! Tense, nasty, and melancholic. The perfect combination of sleep deprivation and a space station monster!"

—Caitlin Starling, author of The Starving Saints

"So well done and creepy, with a twist that will shock you!"

—Hildur Knútsdóttir, author of The Night Guest

"Cold Eternity cements S.A. Barnes's already impressive reputation as Queen of Space Horror. So engrossing, I read it in one straight sitting. With an intoxicating blend of cosmic, existential indifference and grounded, startlingly visceral body horror, there's plenty to get your teeth into. I just can't wait to see what Barnes does next—she's the real deal."

—Ally Wilkes, author of Where the Dead Wait



Praise for Ghost Station

A LibraryReads Pick!

“Perfectly unsettling. Ghost Station scratches the itch for space horror just right—and doesn’t shrink from the grisly consequences of exploring the unknown.”

—Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

“Ghost Station is everything I could want in a horror story and more. Barnes became one of my favorite authors with Dead Silenceand this is a stunning follow-up. Highly recommended.”

—Darcy Coates, USA Today bestselling author of Dead of Winter

“Barnes simultaneously slips in small doses of terror that get and stay under readers’ skin, until the entire narrative explodes and holds them entranced for its final act. Barnes (Dead Silence) is quickly cementing herself as the go-to author in space horror.”

—Library Journal

“A skin-crawling, delicious tale of exploration, exploitation, and electrifying horror. I loved (and screeched through) every moment of it.”

—Yume Kitasei, author of The Deep Sky

“Fans of the original Alien film will enjoy this tense psychological-horror story set in a far-flung future as the crew tries to solve the mystery of this abandoned mission while navigating the atrocities of their corporate employer, which they know all too well.”

—Booklist

“A taut, twisting thriller that subverts every trope and expectation in all the best—and most terrifying—ways imaginable.”

—Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley

“[A] slow-simmering creepfest...In this golden era of sci-fi horror, Barnes leads the charge with her thoughtfully crafted characters, top-notch pacing and an ever-present sense of dread.”

—BookPage

“A hostile planet, mysterious alien ruins, and a distrustful crew of traumatized people—it’s a potent combination that makes for a tense, gripping, and delightfully creepy thriller.”

—Kali Wallace, author of Dead Space

“Barnes leads us step by step up a mounting staircase of dread, through horrors both real and suggestive.”

—David Wellington, author of Paradise-1

“Fans of exploration horror will go wild for this creepy, pacey, and captivating novel…. Ghost Station will infect you.”

—Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces

"The best space horror since Alien.”

—Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending

Praise for Dead Silence

A Best Book of 2022 by the New York Public Library • One of the Best SFF Books of 2022 (Gizmodo) • One of the Best SF Mysteries of 2022 (CrimeReads) • A GoodReads Choice Award finalist for Best Science Fiction!




About the AuthorS.A. BARNES, author of Dead Silence and Ghost Station, works in a high school library by day, recommending reads, talking with students, and removing the occasional forgotten cheese-stick-as-bookmark. Barnes has published numerous novels across different genres under the pen name Stacey Kade. She lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient husband.
Title: Cold Eternity
Author(s): S.A. Barnes
ISBN: 9781250884961
Copyright 2025
Release Date: April 08, 2025
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
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