Another sci-fi horror from Barnes that starts out very similar to her other two books. This book had a more science fiction explanation. It was an interesting twist, that set this one apart from the first two. The sociopolitical background was also interesting and prescient. The book also explores mortality and the ramifications of the search for immortality. Not as solid as Dead Silence but a good read.

Thank you so much to Tor nightfire and Macmillan audio for my #gifted copies of this sci-fi thriller! This was my first book by Barnes and will definitely not be my last! I love how sci-fi thrillers take you away from everything and create this new world to live in while reading! I was hooked right away with this one and on the edge of my seat until the end! The setting is so atmospheric, eerie and unsettling! I was thoroughly creeped out! Being alone on a space ship with cryogenically frozen bodies, always thinking you’re seeing or hearing something. I could never! As the book progresses and secrets come out, the main character realizes that something sinister is at play here, but it might be too late to save herself. This was great on audio, I recommend grabbing it in any format!

Halley is looking for a fresh start. She takes a job "guarding" the cryogenically frozen bodies of the richest and elite citizens of Earth. Her only job requirement is pushing a button every few hours. When she is making her rounds, she catches quick glimpses out of the corner of her eye. When she questions Karl, her boss and mechanic of the space cruiser,  he downplays her sightings a simple glitches in the system. But things keep getting spookier and creepier.  This was a fun and quick science fiction horror. Really cool and fun space monsters sprinkled with some AI.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and Tor Nighfire for the ALC / ARC. The narrator Amara Jasper was great.

Wow. This was SO much fun. S.A. Barnes continues to deliver the kind of sci fi horror I want.

Cold Eternity combined everything I loved about Dead Silence (eerie atmosphere, terrifying visuals) and combined it with what I loved about Ghost Station (a more technical aspect of sci fi horror). Add in creepy AI and cryopods - I was hooked and could not stop listening to the audiobook. S.A. Barnes once again does an incredible job at creating an unsettling sci fi setting.

While this was more of a slow burn than her other books, the creepy sights and sounds start early and had me questioning everything. In Cold Eternity, S.A. Barnes explores a different point of view in sci fi - the goings on of politics, the rich and famous, and failed experiments with cryo technology. With a sleep-deprived and paranoid narrator, I kept questioning if they are just unreliable or is this real. I think Halley is my favorite of Barnes's characters so far, and I loved how she found a plausible explanation to explain away the strange things.

The audiobook narrator, Amara Jasper, is fantastic at different voices, stressing their voice at the perfect moments to send chills up my spine, and overall keeping my rapt attention.

I highly recommend S.A. Barnes's sci fi horror. With Cold Eternity's release as her third novel, and yet another enjoyable read for me, her books are on my instant preorder list, and I think they have each had enough variety to provide a different reading experience each time.

I find that Cold Eternity really does have the perfect balance of horror and sci fi - I had moments where I stopped to debate if I should be listening to this at night, but I was never too scared to continue.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for a copy of the audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

I've heard mixed things about S.A. Barnes work in the past and I didn't love Ghost Station, but I love the idea of space horror, like space is absolutely terrifying. Unfortunately, I think her work just isn't for me because I also didn't love this. Halley is running from political scandal and ends up in a spaceship housing the cryogenically frozen bodies from a long ago program for the wealthiest of the wealthy. Halley's job is to do rounds and press a button every 3 hours but then she starts to think she sees creepy crawling things and she's not sure if she's maybe not as alone as she thought or if she's suffering from sleep deprivation. Billed as blending "the dystopian dread of Severance with the catastrophic approach to AI from M3gan" I honestly just found myself incredibly bored. It started out strong with a creepy atmosphere, but by 20% I found myself losing interest and ultimately not really caring about this life or death situation the main character was in, and then I found the ending to be really anticlimactic. I did find Amara Jasper's narration to be solid, but I think I've determined that this is just an author that's not for me.

What a wonderful novel, reminiscent of the Alien franchise! Lovely sci-fi read. Definitely recommend it! My rating is four stars rather than five because of some repetitive plot points. It seemed the author was reminding the reader rather than letting the reader remember.

* Thank you to TOR Nightfire, Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for the ARC of this audiobook *

If this is your first S.A. Barnes book, you'll love it. If it's your second or third, you'll like it but notice patterns. When I saw that this ARC was available, I jumped on it, being a fan of the author and the genre; I was super excited.

I loved how eerie it was. Empty creaking spaceships/stations in the middle of nowhere in space fill me with anxiety and dread. Although that's the setting for all of Barnes' books, I'm not mad as they always have their own quirks. The atmosphere and setting was done perfectly. Our main character running away from her past and having complicated relationships with the men she's stuck with, paired with sleep deprivation and "Am I hallucinating" kind of moments (although it really works in this setting) is redundant on the other hand. I kept picking up on similarities between the different books and I ended up predicting some of the events in the book. However, what truly sets this one apart is the body horror. Without giving away too much this book made me gasp and I really loved it

The narrator was fantastic and added much depth to our FMC's emotions and thoughts

I overall recommend, out April 8th

Halley is on the run from a high-profile interplanetary political scandal and seeks refuge in what seems like the perfect hiding place: Elysian Fields, a massive, defunct space barge housing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s wealthiest citizens. Her job is simple—make rounds and press a button every three hours in exchange for food, shelter, and a small salary.

But isolation in deep space is never truly quiet. Strange noises—scraping, slithering, rattling—echo through the ship’s vents, and Halley begins to see shadowy figures moving in the halls. Sleep deprivation and paranoia take hold, and the unease slowly turns into terror. Something is very wrong aboard Elysian Fields, and Halley soon realizes she may have escaped one nightmare only to be trapped in something far worse.

S.A. Barnes masterfully crafts an atmospheric, slow-burning horror story that thrives on tension, paranoia, and isolation. Cold Eternity grips the reader with its eerie setting and relentless sense of unease. The ship, filled with its frozen occupants, becomes a chilling character itself—silent yet full of sinister possibilities.

The creeping horror builds gradually, allowing the reader to sink into Halley’s fraying mental state as she struggles with exhaustion, fear, and uncertainty. The novel’s pacing is deliberate, enhancing the dread as each strange occurrence escalates. Fans of claustrophobic, psychological sci-fi horror will appreciate the way Barnes blends science fiction and horror with unnerving realism.

A chilling, atmospheric space horror that keeps you on edge from start to finish. Cold Eternity is a must-read for fans of Dead Silence and anyone who loves eerie, slow-burn sci-fi horror with a strong psychological component. S.A. Barnes delivers another unforgettable, nerve-wracking experience. Highly recommended!

Cat is on the run following a huge political scandal. Not just because she's embarrassed, but because she's in danger. She takes a black market job on a defunct space mega yacht that houses the cryogenically frozen remains of rich and powerful people a century after the technology has been abandoned. Once a museum to the hopes of man kind and the historical people on board. It now hosts a sinister secret, and an oddly advanced AI.

i have loved Barnes previous sci-fi horrors. They are the perfect blend of space and scare. This one though is the first horror in a LONG TIME to truly spook me. It was atmospheric, it was gut wrenching, it had me triple checking locks on my door. One thing that I've noticed is Barnes loves a main character with a secret who grew up in limelight. Here, Cat is the daughter of political aficionados who excel at spinning a story. She wanted to make a difference in the world, she wanted to help the people. The inspiration by her childhood crush- long dead son of a tech billionaire Alec- probably solidified that, creepy parting message of "they're all going to die" aside.

When Cat arrived to the derelict ship, it's a literal ghost town. She's running on a severe lack of sleep, she's never seen the only other awake person in person, and the AI versions of the children of the tech billionaire who founded the ship are acting very weird and very awake. Barnes does such a good job of introducing tech that you may be cautiously familiar with, and being able to wave away why it doesn't work or has been abandoned. The cryogenics, the AI, it all makes sense. It's all things I've seen people talking about. Even down to the scar on her hand where her ID chip used to be. She is such a mastermind at world building that even with just Cat and sleeping bodies I have a fundamental understanding of the world.

I loved the supernatural elements when they appeared, I loved the bitter sweet romance that developed. I loved the descriptors and characters, and how even though she never says a word I feel like I understand Ianthe so well (for example). What was weaker in previous books Barnes has gone through and made stronger here. It feels like this could really be the future. Even down to the extremist politician and his voter base voting against their interests (hello poignant much?)

One caveat: There's a line listing Musk among "great geniuses" and considering everything that man is doing in the united states, I would recommend removing his name. The author explained that Karl's thinking would obviously see Musk as a great man, and I understand that. But my problem is more that his inclusion in the list isn't questioned, while the inclusion of the novel's evil billionaire IS. The main character saying that the fictional man shouldn't be included in a list full of men who did great things for humanity or something like that. It just really doesn't sit well with me to keep Musk's name in that list with the current climate.

🌌"No one gets out alive."🌌

🛰Finished this awesome book last week and it comes out next week so i wanted to share it with you guys!

📘Cold Eternity
👩🏼@authorstaceykade
🗣@tornightfire
📅April 8th, 2025

☄️SYNOPSIS☄️
Cold Eternity, the newest space horror novel from the author of Dead Silence and Ghost Station, blends the dystopian dread of Severance with the catastrophic approach to AI from M3gan.

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 housing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s most wealthy citizens. The ship and its cryo program are long defunct, but Halley starts to think she sees 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….

🧠My Thoughts🧠

One word. AT-MOS-PHER-IC.

Thanks to the authors previous books, I now know what to expect when going into her stories, and this book was no different. The best way I can describe her books would be politically heavy, space horror based around what horrific things humans can/will do to each other.

Having read all of the authors books, I can safely say I have no idea which one is my favorite. I love aspects of all of them and dislike aspects, as well. If I had to say one thing about this specific book, it would be that it was too quiet. And I don't mean that in a bad way. This story wanted the reader to feel trapped, alone, and isolated, and that's exactly what it did. I even started questioning whether Carl, the man who hires our main character, was actually real. I created a bigger sense of horror in my head, and that definitely helped make me feel more wholly submerged in the story.

🧡Thank you @netgalley and @tornightfire for the e-ARC and ALC! All thoughts are my own.

💬ⓆⓄⓉⒹ: Would you ever want to be frozen and awoken in the future?

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Halley is on the run after uncovering political corruption. In fear for her life, she takes a job on the space ship Elysian Fields, which is full of cryogenically frozen bodies. The only other living person on the ship is the engineer who hired her. So what are those weird noises?

The creepy, dark atmosphere was so good, but it was the suspense that had me glued to the story. It was almost like a thriller the way the story threw out little clues, then big reveals. There was one obvious reveal, but the way it was done was excellent.

I liked Halley very much. She was naive, but also had her heart in the right place. She wanted nothing more than to help people, and got into a lot of trouble because of it. Will keep my eye on what this author does next.

| Thank you @macmillan.audio for the free listening access! |

📕(𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍):
𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙈𝘾 • 𝙨𝙘𝙞-𝙛𝙞 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 • 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 • 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 • 𝙘𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨 • 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙨 • 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 & 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 • 𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘 • 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 • 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨 • 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡 • 𝘼𝙄

💭:
This was my first book by this author and it definitely won’t be my last!

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book and was fully immersed in the story.

Atmospheric reads like this one have the ability to make me feel like I’m in the middle of the storyline.

*𝙉𝙤 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 - 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙈𝘾 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘.*

Things I enjoyed:
-𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 🛸
-𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 👻
-𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 🦄
-𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 💪
-𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 + 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐 🤖
-𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 ✍️
-𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 💋

⭐️:
I would recommend going in blind to get the full experience versus me regurgitating the premise.

🎧:
I really really enjoyed the narrator’s voice, it reminded me of the video game Mass Effect.

The voice actress in Cold Eternity gave me space, and bad a$& FMC vibes!

Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes delivers an action-packed, spine-chilling space horror where the quest for eternal life takes a dark turn, unraveling into a terrifying fate that might even be 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….

I don't usually gravitate toward space-based novels, horror or otherwise, unless they involve characters such as Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. However, after hearing good things about S.A. Barnes' previous work (Dead Silence, Ghost Station), I decided to give it a shot. And I'm glad I did. Barnes wondrously creates an atmosphere of tension and unease that rivals, if not surpasses, the chills of more grounded horror stories. Set in the vast, isolating vacuum of space, these tales are nothing short of atmospheric, eerie, and downright terrifying.

Halley is on the run from a political scandal and finds herself taking a high-risk job aboard a massive space barge chalked full of cryogenically frozen bodies. The position is shrouded in mystery, and while the pay is less than ideal, it offers her the only real chance to escape her troubled past. But Halley's fight for freedom becomes far more dangerous when the ship begins to reveal its unsettling secrets. As a protagonist, Halley is incredibly compelling, and I found myself rooting for her safety every step of the way. The other characters, while not particularly likable save for one, are the kind that you love to hate, adding tension and complexity to story at hand.

Although some of the technical jargon, descriptions, and sci-fi elements occasionally lost me—as someone who isn't a huge fan of space novels—that didn't take away from the power of Cold Eternity. The story remained thrilling, delivering chilling moments, intensely brutal scenes, and a deeply atmospheric tone. Barnes has crafted a tale that is both literally out of this world and figuratively spine-tingling.

Narrated by Amara Jasper, the Cold Eternity audiobook transforms Barnes' gripping tale into a vivid, immersive experience. Jasper's voice places you right aboard the ship, where every eerie creak amplifies the chilling atmosphere of the story.

Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes is a wonderful example of why stepping out of your comfort zone can be rewarding—even if it gives something that might scare you (pun intended). While I won't be diving into a romance novel anytime soon, this chilling, suspenseful story was close enough to my wheelhouse that is was worth the risk. Now that I've turned the final page, I can confidently say it was the right decision. Barnes has crafted a horrifying, spine-tingling tale that will stay with me for a long time. The vivid storytelling pulls you in and makes every twist feel like a jolt. And one thing's for sure—I’m steering clear of cryogenic freezing after experiencing the unsettling world depicted in this horror.

This was a descent read (I listened to it on audio). And although interesting as I was reading it, I fear it will be somewhat forgettable in the grand scheme of things. So if I had the print copy, I'd probably un-haul it, but it's worth the time if you are into sci-fi, horror, and mystery/Thriller as it perfectly blends the genres equally - something not easy to accomplish. I may read more from this author in the future.

I picked this one up based on the author only and didn’t even bother to read the synopsis. Had I, I probably would have noped right out of it at the words “political scandal”, because MY GOD am I sick of politics in books right now. And granted, being a SF story, it’s bound to have some politics at the very least. I’ll admit it, I almost DNF’ed around 35% because of a section on politics that was strangely specific… I can’t possibly be the only one sick of hearing this stuff until I’m beaten to death with it.

But I digress. I love S. A. Barnes’ work and space horror is my jam. I recommended Ghost Station to everyone I know who reads SF. So when I saw that she wrote another book, I snatched it up based on her name and nothing else. Aside from the unanticipated politics (again, my fault for not reading the synopsis), I really enjoyed the story. There’s something about space horror that just really gets into your bones. Especially since, for the vast majority of us, space is a complete unknown. So literally anything could happen there. What is it they said in Alien? “In space, no one can hear you scream.” That’s what I love about her books, because she really capitalizes on that sense of otherness in space when you are completely alone, dying teammates aside. I’ll admit, while I enjoyed this story, it didn’t have the same oomph for me that Ghost Station did, but I’d still recommend it to anyone who is a fan of space horror.

Huge thanks to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for sending me this ARC for review! All of my reviews are given honestly!

This is my second SA Barnes novel that I've read and it's also clocking in at 4 stars, which means I really need to get off my ass and read Dead Silence, too.

Cold Eternity follows Hailey, a woman on the run from a past mistake, who takes a job as a sort of caretaker on a ship that houses a legion of cryogenically frozen people who hope to one day be revived. The job seems simple enough - do her rounds, check in with the board - but not is all as it seems.

This book was well paced and interesting, but more than that - it was scary! There aren't many books that I feel uncomfortable reading before bed but this one got me. The last quarter of the book had me looking around at every little sound my house was making just to make sure whatever was in the book wasn't also in my house.

Kudos to SA Barnes for writing a great story with great characters. It definitely went in a direction I didn't see it going in and that made it all the more enjoyable. Great for horror fans who love space horror, or who just want to read a book that's enjoyable and fun.

Thanks NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

COLD ETERNITY follows Halley. Halley is on the run, trying to stay out of the limelight after a political scandal she didn't mean to get wrapped up in. She answers a job listing that seems perfect, working on a deserted ship in space where most of those on board are cryogenically bodies. With only one living person and an AI to interact with, it seems perfect. Very quickly, Halley realizes that the ship isn't exactly the ideal setting she expected. She begins to see and hear things she shouldn't and she soon realizes she may be in danger, though she isn't sure what from.

I really loved DEAD SILENCE by this author and this synopsis gave me a lot of hope for similar vibes and thankfully I really enjoyed this one too! Halley has been in the middle of a messy political scandal so her reasons for shipping off into what is essentially a graveyard in space are reasonable. The setting is perfect for creepy atmosphere as well, especially knowing in that others haven't lasted at this job for long.

This took me a bit to settle into and it is for sure a slow burn, but once the action picked up, I was very hooked. I think the author did well with drawing the pacing out to keep it slow burn, but also dole out information regularly to keep up the intrigue!

"Cold Eternity" by S.A. Barnes is a spooky space horror set on a decaying cemetery of a spaceship full of the cryogenically frozen. It has been a few years since I last read a full length horror novel, and I absolutely adored this one!

I have heard of this author being called the "queen of space horror" and, if this book is anything to go by, I can definitely see why! The suspense and building dread were very well done and the descriptions were in the Goldilocks zone of not too long winded and clunky and not too sparse. The twist was great and I did not see it coming!

My only real critique is a mild spoiler, so warnings for that! The little bit of romance we got didn't quite grab me, since I felt like there was a jump between what we saw as an attraction or admiration in childhood to what we ended up getting later on in the story. I did think that it helped build on the mourning angle, though.

Thank you to S.A. Barnes, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for loaning me this free audiobook in exchange for a fair review

4.75⭐️

A thrilling and horrifying sci-fi space epic that takes you to the brink of sanity, and makes it hard to hold down your lunch.

Disclaimer: I read this as a tandem read with the audiobook and ebook from NetGalley. I also received a physical copy from Tor. All opinions are my own. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Let's address the audiobook first. If you are a previous fan of SA Barnes and the audiobooks of ghost station and dead silence, then you know how cinematic and immersive they can be. I'm sad to report there was no sound effects, ship noises or dreadful music associated with this audiobook. Which is a detour from the previous audiobooks. I hope they bring back the cinematic experience because it was missed. But the narrator did an excellent job and overall I did enjoy the audiobook.

The premise of this story was really unique and interesting. I loved the setting and I really felt the story unfolded and flowed really well. Just when I thought we had reached some big reveal there was another even more surprising revelation right behind it. This big bang way of constantly revealing new information really kept me on my toes and at the edge of my seat.

This book was full of body gore!! The descriptors were done so well I felt like I could really see what was going on. The horror aspects blended so well with the sci-fi that I never felt like I was simply reading one genre or the other. The genre blend was effortlessly done.

The only small downside for me was the FMC tended to ramble a little too long with the internal monologue at times. Which slowed the pace for me. It was minimal, but it did happen and therefore affected my read.

A solid solid read that I honestly would read again. I loved it!!!

Have to go with 3 stars for this one. Too many threads and too ridiculous in the end for me.

This is about Halley who goes into hiding because she “knows too much.” She takes a sketchy job on a ship with a bunch of people frozen with defunct cryo tech. Then the creepy shenanigans begin!

I will say that I spent most of the book thinking something was SO painfully obvious it was getting annoying… and I just wasn’t right. 😂 Guessed a twist super wrong. You got me there, Barnes.

I think Barnes writes an engaging, fun, entertaining read. The book is *fine*! But it got convoluted in the end, and I wish there weren’t quite so many outrageous things happening. Keep it simple. The reason Halley went into hiding was just not that interesting to me, and it kept coming up without really mattering until the very end. And then I just felt like, we don’t need this on top of everything else!

I also wished this was in 3rd person because I was really tired of Halley’s inner monologue. 😂 I’m sure it’s supposed to be relatable, but it was also exhausting.

I will continue to read Barnes’ stuff because sf horror is few and far between, and I do find her work mostly fun.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.