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Empire's End by Chris Bunch, Allan Cole

Empire's End: Audiobook

Book 8 of the Sten series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire's End audiobook runs 18.4 hours unabridged, narrated by John Hough (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.4listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Empire's End at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.4 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

584 Science Fiction 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

Empire's End is book 8 of Chris Bunch's Sten series: a 18.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Hough, released June 15, 2011, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.4 hrs
Narrated by
John Hough
Released
June 15, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Sten #8
ISBN
9781605489278

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Empire's End audiobook?

Empire's End runs 18.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.

Is the Empire's End audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Empire's End?

Empire's End is narrated by John Hough.

Is Empire's End worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.1 hours.