Descendant: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shift Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Descendant audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Vanessa Johansson (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 is shorter than 61% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shift Chronicles
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 31 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Descendant | 8.6 hrs |
| 2 | Syndrome | 7.5 hrs |
| 3 | Sacrifice | 7.3 hrs |
| 4 | Ascendant | 7.6 hrs |
More narrated by Vanessa Johansson
Vanessa Johansson narrates 136 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,176 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
967 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 1 of Eva Truesdale's Shift Chronicles series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Vanessa Johansson, released August 1, 2017, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vanessa Johansson
- Released
- August 1, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- Shift Chronicles #1
- ISBN
- 9781541478671
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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 Vanessa Johansson.