Alt System: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Natural Laws Apocalypse series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Alt System audiobook runs 13.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Shoales (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Natural Laws Apocalypse
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 52.6 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 107.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enter System | 13 hrs |
| 2 | System Return | 13.2 hrs |
| 3 | Control System | 13 hrs |
| 4 | System Escape | 13.3 hrs |
| 5 | Alt System | 13.4 hrs |
| 6 | System Shift | 13.1 hrs |
| 7 | System Function | 14 hrs |
| 8 | System End | 14.5 hrs |
More narrated by Derek Shoales
Derek Shoales narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 997 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,504 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
Alt System is book 5 of Tom Larcombe's Natural Laws Apocalypse series: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Shoales, released February 7, 2023, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Shoales
- Released
- February 7, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Natural Laws Apocalypse #5
- ISBN
- 9781666177084
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Alt System audiobook?
Alt System runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Alt System audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Alt System?
Alt System is narrated by Derek Shoales.
Is Alt System worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.