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Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure by J.S. Arquin

Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Crimson Dust Cycle series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by J.S. Arquin (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Crimson Dust Cycle

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.6 hours in all.

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

Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure is book 1 of J.S. Arquin's Crimson Dust Cycle series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by J.S. Arquin, released January 13, 2020, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
J.S. Arquin
Released
January 13, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy
Series
The Crimson Dust Cycle #1
ISBN
9781951968021

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure audiobook?

Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure audiobook free?

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Who narrates Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure?

Ascent: A YA Dystopian Space Adventure is narrated by J.S. Arquin.