
Age of Forged Steel: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Rise of Mankind series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Age of Forged Steel audiobook runs 20.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Neil Hellegers (about 13.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.1 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Rise of Mankind
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 77.3 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 169.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Age of Stone | 16.8 hrs |
| 2 | Age of Bronze | 21.3 hrs |
| 3 | Age of Iron | 20.8 hrs |
| 4 | Age of Steel | 18.5 hrs |
| 5 | Age of Forged Steel | 20.1 hrs |
| 6 | Age of Glass | 20.2 hrs |
| 7 | Age of Expansion | 23.9 hrs |
| 8 | Age of Conquest | 27.7 hrs |
More narrated by Neil Hellegers
Neil Hellegers narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,027 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
447 Fantasy 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
Age of Forged Steel is book 5 of Jez Cajiao's Rise of Mankind series: a 20.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Hellegers, released September 5, 2023, on the Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Neil Hellegers
- Released
- September 5, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy
- Series
- Rise of Mankind #5
- ISBN
- 9798765095621
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Age of Forged Steel audiobook?
Age of Forged Steel runs 20.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.4 hours.
Is the Age of Forged Steel audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Age of Forged Steel?
Age of Forged Steel is narrated by Neil Hellegers.
Is Age of Forged Steel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.4 hours, saving 6.7 hours.