A Desperate Hope: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Empire State (Camden) series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Desperate Hope runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rachel Botchan (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Empire State (Camden)
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 32.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Dangerous Legacy | 10.7 hrs |
| 2 | A Daring Venture | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | A Desperate Hope | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Rachel Botchan
Rachel Botchan narrates 125 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,265 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
1,828 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Desperate Hope is book 3 of Elizabeth Camden's Empire State (Camden) series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Rachel Botchan, released February 5, 2019, on the Religious Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rachel Botchan
- Released
- February 5, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction
- Series
- Empire State (Camden) #3
- ISBN
- 9781980018551
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Desperate Hope as an audiobook?
A Desperate Hope runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is A Desperate Hope free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Desperate Hope?
A Desperate Hope is narrated by Rachel Botchan.
Is A Desperate Hope worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.