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Balance by Ryk Brown

Balance: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Frontiers Saga Part 2 : Rogue Castes series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Balance audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Space Operastore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Balance at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Frontiers Saga Part 2 : Rogue Castes

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 32.1 hours before it; books 1 to 15 run 146 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Escalation7.3 hrs
2Rescue8 hrs
3Resurrection8.5 hrs
4Rebellion8.3 hrs
5Balance10.9 hrs
6For the Triumph of Evil11 hrs
7Who Takes No Risk9.9 hrs
8Sanctuary11 hrs
9I am Justice10.2 hrs
10Retaliation8.5 hrs
11A Rock and a Hard Place9.1 hrs
12A Price Too High8.3 hrs

About as long, on the Space Opera shelf

523 Space Opera 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

Balance is book 5 of Ryk Brown's Frontiers Saga Part 2 : Rogue Castes series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeffrey Kafer, released August 29, 2017, on the Space Opera shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Jeffrey Kafer
Released
August 29, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Space Opera
Series
Frontiers Saga Part 2 : Rogue Castes #5
ISBN
9781494588984

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Balance audiobook?

Balance runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Balance audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Balance?

Balance is narrated by Jeffrey Kafer.

Is Balance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.