Catch the Lightning: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Saga of the Skolian Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Catch the Lightning audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Anna Fields (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Saga of the Skolian Empire Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.3 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 140.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primary Inversion | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | Catch the Lightning | 11.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Radiant Seas | 15.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Last Hawk | 13.9 hrs |
| 5 | Ascendant Sun | 12 hrs |
| 6 | The Quantum Rose | 13.4 hrs |
| 7 | Spherical Harmonic | 14.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Moon’s Shadow | 12.6 hrs |
| 9 | Skyfall | 10.2 hrs |
| 10 | Schism: Part One of Triad | 14 hrs |
| 11 | The Final Key: Part Two of Triad | 12.1 hrs |
More narrated by Anna Fields
Anna Fields narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,439 hours in all.
- Bel Canto
- Match Me If You Can
- A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
- Sweetwater Creek
- Natural Born Charmer
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,035 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- The Troop
- 1986 - Book 1: Hunted in Time
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
Catch the Lightning is book 2 of Catherine Asaro's Saga of the Skolian Empire series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Fields, released May 17, 2011, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anna Fields
- Released
- May 17, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The Saga of the Skolian Empire Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781481599122
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Catch the Lightning audiobook?
Catch the Lightning runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is the Catch the Lightning audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Catch the Lightning?
Catch the Lightning is narrated by Anna Fields.
Is Catch the Lightning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.