A Matter of Death and Life: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Gideon Sable series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Matter of Death and Life runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gideon Emery (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Gideon Sable
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 34.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Best Thing You Can Steal | 7 hrs |
| 2 | A Matter of Death and Life | 7.9 hrs |
| 3 | What Song the Sirens Sang | 6.5 hrs |
| 4 | Not of This World | 6.6 hrs |
| 5 | Where Is Anybody? | 6.5 hrs |
More narrated by Gideon Emery
Gideon Emery narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 594 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,700 Science 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 Matter of Death and Life is book 2 of Simon R. Green's Gideon Sable series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Gideon Emery, released April 5, 2022, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gideon Emery
- Released
- April 5, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Gideon Sable #2
- ISBN
- 9781705005538
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Matter of Death and Life as an audiobook?
A Matter of Death and Life runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is A Matter of Death and Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Matter of Death and Life?
A Matter of Death and Life is narrated by Gideon Emery.