Dawn for a Distant Earth: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Forever Hero series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dawn for a Distant Earth audiobook runs 13 hours unabridged, narrated by Kyle McCarley (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Forever Hero
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 35.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawn for a Distant Earth | 13 hrs |
| 2 | The Silent Warrior | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | In Endless Twilight | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Kyle McCarley
Kyle McCarley narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 773 hours in all.
About as long, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf
465 Apocalyptic & Dystopian 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
Dawn for a Distant Earth is book 1 of L. E. Modesitt Jr.'s Forever Hero series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyle McCarley, released October 13, 2015, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kyle McCarley
- Released
- October 13, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- Series
- Forever Hero #1
- ISBN
- 9781494588113
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dawn for a Distant Earth audiobook?
Dawn for a Distant Earth runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is the Dawn for a Distant Earth audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dawn for a Distant Earth?
Dawn for a Distant Earth is narrated by Kyle McCarley.
Is Dawn for a Distant Earth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.