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Daybreak Zero by John Barnes

Daybreak Zero: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Daybreak series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Daybreak Zero audiobook runs 16.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Ericksen (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.7listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Daybreak Zero at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 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 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Daybreak

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 21.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 53.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Directive 5121.6 hrs
2Daybreak Zero16.7 hrs
3The Last President14.9 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

814 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

Daybreak Zero is book 2 of John Barnes's Daybreak series: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Ericksen, released April 6, 2011, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.7 hrs
Narrated by
Susan Ericksen
Released
April 6, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Daybreak #2
ISBN
9781441862266

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Daybreak Zero audiobook?

Daybreak Zero runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.

Is the Daybreak Zero audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Daybreak Zero?

Daybreak Zero is narrated by Susan Ericksen.

Is Daybreak Zero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.6 hours.