Title: Cold Eternity
Author: S.A. Barnes
Genre: Adult, sci-fi, horror
Publication date: April 8th 2025
Published by: Tor Nightfire
Source: eARC from publishers via Netgalley
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Synopsis: 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 have really enjoyed the novels by S.A. Barnes. They aren’t quite 5-star reads for me, but they are definitely enjoyable and deliver on both the sci-fi and horror aspects! Plus, the mystery in this book was intriguing and I enjoyed trying to unravel it! And two pages into this book and I was already loving the premise of it as well! Halley has had it rough and accepts a shady job as a caretaker/security on this sort-of abandoned spaceship. And I say sort of because this ship holds a bunch of cryogenically frozen bodies.
So the job shouldn’t be that hard, right?
In fact, it is super creepy and there are weird noises on the ship that have nothing to do with the repairs the creepy and mysterious (read: suspicious) guy who hired her is doing. One thing I love about S.A. Barnes's books is the creepy factor. She has that down perfectly! I mean, just imagine being on an isolated ship with a bunch of bodies in cryosleep and no one to talk to. And on top of that, you start to feel like there’s something lurking on the ship, possibly hunting you...
There is just something about that premise that I loved so much! Probably the fact that it was creepy... and set in space. Lol. Space horror is my jam these days, and this book definitely satisfied my craving for the subgenre! I don’t want to say too much because spoilers, but I loved the creepy descriptions of... things and situations. Lol. They were SO good! It was horrific! And I loved it!! 😆 I also liked the mystery surrounding the ship, its owner, and the AI. There were some things I guessed ahead of time and some things I didn’t, but I really enjoyed the story either way. It was CRAZY!
One thing I didn’t care about too much was her political past, and, honestly, that’s just a me thing. I’ve had too much politics in real life and I am tired. Lol. However, I did appreciate the character development Halley went through. And I actually really liked Halley as a main character. I liked that she was smart because, let’s face it, a lot of protagonists in anything horror-related are not 😂
But I enjoyed following her on her journey as she tried to get her life together and figure out what the hell was going on with this creepy job on this creepy ship that she desperately took.
In fact, it is super creepy and there are weird noises on the ship that have nothing to do with the repairs the creepy and mysterious (read: suspicious) guy who hired her is doing. One thing I love about S.A. Barnes's books is the creepy factor. She has that down perfectly! I mean, just imagine being on an isolated ship with a bunch of bodies in cryosleep and no one to talk to. And on top of that, you start to feel like there’s something lurking on the ship, possibly hunting you...
There is just something about that premise that I loved so much! Probably the fact that it was creepy... and set in space. Lol. Space horror is my jam these days, and this book definitely satisfied my craving for the subgenre! I don’t want to say too much because spoilers, but I loved the creepy descriptions of... things and situations. Lol. They were SO good! It was horrific! And I loved it!! 😆 I also liked the mystery surrounding the ship, its owner, and the AI. There were some things I guessed ahead of time and some things I didn’t, but I really enjoyed the story either way. It was CRAZY!
One thing I didn’t care about too much was her political past, and, honestly, that’s just a me thing. I’ve had too much politics in real life and I am tired. Lol. However, I did appreciate the character development Halley went through. And I actually really liked Halley as a main character. I liked that she was smart because, let’s face it, a lot of protagonists in anything horror-related are not 😂
But I enjoyed following her on her journey as she tried to get her life together and figure out what the hell was going on with this creepy job on this creepy ship that she desperately took.
There is no freedom, no escape. Not from Elysian Fields.
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