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Ancient Beacon by Harold Anderson, Tom Lyons

Ancient Beacon: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Palmdale Files series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ancient Beacon audiobook runs 1.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Sean Walpole (about 1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.5 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day1 day
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What our data says

  • At 1.5 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Palmdale Files

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 1.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Space Chase1.5 hrs
2Ancient Beacon1.5 hrs

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

Ancient Beacon is book 2 of Harold Anderson's Palmdale Files series: a 1.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Walpole, released March 29, 2024, on the Historical (Fiction) and Short Stories shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.5 hrs
Narrated by
Sean Walpole
Released
March 29, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Short Stories, Science Fiction
Series
The Palmdale Files #2
ISBN
9798882427923

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Ancient Beacon audiobook?

Ancient Beacon runs 1.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1 hours.

Is the Ancient Beacon audiobook free?

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Who narrates Ancient Beacon?

Ancient Beacon is narrated by Sean Walpole.