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Divergence by Charles Sheffield

Divergence: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Heritage Universe series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Divergence audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Geoffrey Howard (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Divergence at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Heritage Universe Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 26.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Summertide8.6 hrs
2Divergence9.2 hrs
3Transcendence8.6 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

Divergence is book 2 of Charles Sheffield's Heritage Universe series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Geoffrey Howard, released August 4, 2011, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Geoffrey Howard
Released
August 4, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Heritage Universe Series #2
ISBN
9781481578868

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Divergence audiobook?

Divergence runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is the Divergence audiobook free?

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Who narrates Divergence?

Divergence is narrated by Geoffrey Howard.