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Descent by Katelyn Taylor

Descent: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Gallows Hill series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Descent audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Sean Masters and Devon Ryder and others (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Descent at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Gallows Hill

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 34.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Deceit12 hrs
2Descent8.5 hrs
3Demise13.8 hrs

About as long, on the Modern shelf

3,334 Modern 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

Descent is book 2 of Katelyn Taylor's Gallows Hill series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Masters, Devon Ryder and Edward Black and others, released January 6, 2025, on the Modern shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Sean Masters, Devon Ryder, Edward Black, Liam Dicosimo, Amy Hall, Sebastian York
Released
January 6, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern
Series
Gallows Hill #2
ISBN
9781666690859

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Descent audiobook?

Descent runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the Descent audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Descent?

Descent is narrated by Sean Masters, Devon Ryder, Edward Black and Liam Dicosimo and others.