Cold People

Publisher details

Author
Tom Rob Smith
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Genre
Fiction
Released
07 February, 2023
ISBN
9781982198404

Cold People

Buy now

Retail partners

Synopsis

From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about an Antarctic colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilization under the most extreme conditions imaginable.The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist…Antarctica.Cold People follows the perilous journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present. Because as they cling to life on the ice, the remnants of their past swept away, they must also confront the urgent challenge: can they change and evolve rapidly enough to ensure humanity’s future? Can they build a new society in the sub-zero cold?Original and imaginative, as profoundly intimate as it is grand in scope, Cold People is a masterful and unforgettable epic.

Reviews

Chilling, Masterful and Entertaining: Read Our Review of Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

Review | Our Review

22 February 2023

Chilling, Masterful and Entertaining: Read Our Review of Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

    Your Preview Verdict: Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

    Review | Preview

    20 February 2023

    Your Preview Verdict: Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

      Whatever it Takes to Survive: Read an Extract from Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

      Review | Extract

      20 February 2023

      Whatever it Takes to Survive: Read an Extract from Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

        Better Reading Preview: Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

        Review | Preview

        7 December 2022

        Better Reading Preview: Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

          Tom Rob Smith
          About the author

          Tom Rob Smith

          Born in 1979 to a Swedish mother and an English father, Tom Rob Smith's bestselling novels in the Child 44 trilogy were international publishing sensations. Among its many honours, Child 44 won the International Thriller Writer Award for Best First Novel, the Galaxy Book Award for Best New Writer, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the inaugural Desmond Elliot Prize. Child 44 is now a major motion picture starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman.

          Books by Tom Rob Smith

          Related articles

          PODCAST: Victoria Purman on Journalism, Publishing and Vintage Books

          Podcast

          15 June 2026

          PODCAST: Victoria Purman on Journalism, Publishing and Vintage Books

            Q&A: Maya Linnell, Author of Sunrise at Sunny Cross Farm

            News | Author Related

            8 June 2026

            Q&A: Maya Linnell, Author of Sunrise at Sunny Cross Farm

              PODCAST: What Are You Reading? The App with Caroline Overington

              Podcast

              8 June 2026

              PODCAST: What Are You Reading? The App with Caroline Overington

                PODCAST: Francesca Albanese on War and Power

                Podcast

                1 June 2026

                PODCAST: Francesca Albanese on War and Power

                  PODCAST: Dervla McTiernan on Ruthless Editing and Finding Home in Australia

                  Podcast

                  25 May 2026

                  PODCAST: Dervla McTiernan on Ruthless Editing and Finding Home in Australia

                    What Should You Read Next? Let WAYR? The App Decide

                    News

                    19 May 2026

                    What Should You Read Next? Let WAYR? The App Decide

                      The Best Podcast Episodes You’ll Find on WAYR? The App

                      News | Events & Festivals

                      19 May 2026

                      The Best Podcast Episodes You’ll Find on WAYR? The App

                      How to Download What Are You Reading? The App

                      News

                      19 May 2026

                      How to Download What Are You Reading? The App

                      PODCAST: Antoinette Lattouf on Books, Battles and Breaking Barriers

                      Podcast

                      18 May 2026

                      PODCAST: Antoinette Lattouf on Books, Battles and Breaking Barriers

                        3 Reasons Why You Should Read The Farmer's Pyjamas by Ruth Paul

                        News

                        11 May 2026

                        3 Reasons Why You Should Read The Farmer's Pyjamas by Ruth Paul

                        COMMENTS

                        Leave a Reply

                        Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *