Empire of Silence: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sun Eater series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire of Silence audiobook runs 26.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Samuel Roukin (about 17.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 53 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 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 26.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sun Eater
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 130.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire of Silence | 26.1 hrs |
| 2 | Howling Dark | 28.1 hrs |
| 3 | Demon in White | 30.7 hrs |
| 4 | Kingdoms of Death | 22.8 hrs |
| 5 | Ashes of Man | 22.6 hrs |
More narrated by Samuel Roukin
Samuel Roukin narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 911 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
172 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Tommyknockers
- The Skull Throne
- Red Mars
- The Daylight War
- Dune: The Butlerian Jihad: Book One of the Legends of Dune Trilogy
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
Empire of Silence is book 1 of Christopher Ruocchio's Sun Eater series: a 26.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Roukin, released July 3, 2018, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samuel Roukin
- Released
- July 3, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Sun Eater #1
- ISBN
- 9781501991547
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empire of Silence audiobook?
Empire of Silence runs 26.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.4 hours.
Is the Empire of Silence audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empire of Silence?
Empire of Silence is narrated by Samuel Roukin.
Is Empire of Silence worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.4 hours, saving 8.7 hours.