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Calamity by Andy T. Hanson

Calamity: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Despot Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Calamity audiobook runs 17.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Chase Johnson (about 11.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.1listening hrs
Horrorstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Calamity at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17.1 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,506 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Despot Chronicles

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 33.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Calamity17.1 hrs
2Control16.2 hrs

About as long, on the Horror shelf

170 Horror 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

Calamity is book 1 of Andy T. Hanson's Despot Chronicles series: a 17.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Chase Johnson, released October 26, 2024, on the Horror and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.1 hrs
Narrated by
Chase Johnson
Released
October 26, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Horror, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
Series
The Despot Chronicles #1
ISBN
9798823204873

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Calamity audiobook?

Calamity runs 17.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.4 hours.

Is the Calamity audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Calamity?

Calamity is narrated by Chase Johnson.

Is Calamity worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.4 hours, saving 5.7 hours.