Cold Eternity

S.A. Barnes

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Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
02 December 2025

From the author of Dead Silence and Ghost Station, a new space horror that blends the dystopian dread of Severance with the catastrophic approach to AI from M3gan

From the Queen of Space Horror comes a terrifying, dread-filled nightmare perfect for fans of Ridley Scott's Alien franchise.

'This slice of space horror will be just the ticket for the Halloween season' New Scientist, best new science fiction books of October 'So well done and creepy, with a twist that will shock you!' Hildur Knotsd ttir 'The S.A. Barnes Creature Feature we've all been waiting for! Tense, nasty, and melancholic' Caitlin Starling

Halley Zwick is on the run.

Exposing an interplanetary conspiracy should have brought justice. Instead, it's brought Halley nothing but a target on her back. With nowhere left to turn, she boards a relic of the past- Elysian Fields, a drifting crypt in deep space.

Once hailed as humanity's answer to death itself, Elysian Fields was trillionaire Zale Winfield's promise to Earth's elite - cryo-sleep until medicine caught up with mortality. But that future never came. The program was abandoned. The barge has floated dark and silent for over a century.

Or so Halley thought.

The moment she steps aboard, something feels wrong. The silence isn't empty-it's watching. Shadows fall across corridors. Scratching claws echo in the vents. Whispers bleed from the walls. Something is crawling, slithering, waking.

As Halley descends into the heart of the ship, paranoia blurs into terror. The Elysian dead may not be sleeping-and what woke them is hungry...

Readers love Cold Eternity

'The best Barnes book yet' 'Just the right amount of horror' 'Creepy and atmospheric' 'I was on the edge at all times' ✰✰✰✰✰

By: S.A. Barnes
Imprint: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9780857508249
ISBN 10: 0857508245
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 02 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

S.A. BARNES works in a high school library by day, recommending reads, talking with students, and removing the occasional forgotten cheese-stick-as-bookmark. The author has published numerous novels across different genres, with Dead Silence, Ghost Station and Cold Eternity published under her S. A. Barnes moniker. Barnes lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient spouse.

Reviews for Cold Eternity

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 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 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