Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Barque Cats series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Barque Cats
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 16.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats | 8.6 hrs |
| 2 | Catacombs: A Tale of the Barque Cats | 7.9 hrs |
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,931 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
Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats is book 1 of Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's Barque Cats series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released January 5, 2010, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- January 5, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Barque Cats #1
- ISBN
- 9781441838315
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats audiobook?
Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats?
Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats is narrated by Laural Merlington.