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Descendant Machine by Gareth L. Powell

Descendant Machine: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Stars and Bones series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Descendant Machine audiobook runs 7.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Rebecca Norfolk (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.8listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Descendant Machine at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Stars and Bones

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 16.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Stars and Bones8.5 hrs
2Descendant Machine7.8 hrs

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 Machine is book 2 of Gareth L. Powell's Stars and Bones series: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rebecca Norfolk, released May 11, 2023, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.8 hrs
Narrated by
Rebecca Norfolk
Released
May 11, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy
Series
Stars and Bones #2
ISBN
9781004126897

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Descendant Machine audiobook?

Descendant Machine runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is the Descendant Machine audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Descendant Machine?

Descendant Machine is narrated by Rebecca Norfolk.