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Ascendant by M.R. Forbes

Ascendant: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Toy Starship series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ascendant audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Daniel Wisniewski (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Ascendant at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Toy Starship

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21.5 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 65.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Toy Starship10 hrs
2Möbius11.5 hrs
3Ascendant10.4 hrs
4Bastion10.1 hrs
5Blackout9.2 hrs
6Zero13.9 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,140 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

Ascendant is book 3 of M.R. Forbes's Toy Starship series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Daniel Wisniewski, released April 24, 2026, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.4 hrs
Narrated by
Daniel Wisniewski
Released
April 24, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Toy Starship #3
ISBN
9780466938840

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Ascendant audiobook?

Ascendant runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is the Ascendant audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Ascendant?

Ascendant is narrated by Daniel Wisniewski.

Is Ascendant worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.