Colors of Chaos: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Saga of Recluce series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Colors of Chaos audiobook runs 30.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 20.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 30.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 61 days |
| 1 hour / day | 31 days |
| 2 hours / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 21 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 30.2 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Saga of Recluce
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 173.3 hours before it; books 1 to 25 run 562.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Magic of Recluce | 19.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Towers of the Sunset | 18.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Magic Engineer | 24.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Order War | 23 hrs |
| 5 | The Death of Chaos | 26 hrs |
| 6 | Fall of Angels | 22 hrs |
| 7 | The Chaos Balance | 23 hrs |
| 8 | The White Order | 17.2 hrs |
| 9 | Colors of Chaos | 30.2 hrs |
| 10 | Magi'i of Cyador | 20.1 hrs |
| 11 | Scion of Cyador | 26 hrs |
| 12 | Wellspring of Chaos | 16.4 hrs |
More narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne narrates 779 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,134 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
122 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time
- Iron Flame
- The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
- The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn
- A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of 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
Colors of Chaos is book 9 of L. E. Modesitt Jr.'s Saga of Recluce series: a 30.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released April 28, 2014, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 30.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kirby Heyborne
- Released
- April 28, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Saga of Recluce #9
- ISBN
- 9781452686851
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Colors of Chaos audiobook?
Colors of Chaos runs 30.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 20.1 hours.
Is the Colors of Chaos audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Colors of Chaos?
Colors of Chaos is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.
Is Colors of Chaos worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 20.1 hours, saving 10.1 hours.