Descendant: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Starling series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Descendant audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Lesley Livingston (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 runs longer than 95% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Starling Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 25.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starling | 8 hrs |
| 2 | Descendant | 8.6 hrs |
| 3 | Transcendent | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Lesley Livingston
Lesley Livingston narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 61 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
667 Non-fiction (Kids) 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
Descendant is book 2 of Lesley Livingston's Starling series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Lesley Livingston, released August 27, 2013, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Romance (Teen & YA) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lesley Livingston
- Released
- August 27, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Romance (Teen & YA)
- Series
- Starling Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9780062280305
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Descendant audiobook?
Descendant runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Descendant audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Descendant?
Descendant is narrated by Lesley Livingston.