Empress of Dust: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bastion Cycle series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empress of Dust audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Charli Burrow (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Charli Burrow
Charli Burrow narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 69 hours in all.
About as long, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf
396 Apocalyptic & Dystopian 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
Empress of Dust is book 1 of Alex Kingsley's Bastion Cycle series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Charli Burrow, released April 22, 2025, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charli Burrow
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian, LGBTQ+ (Fiction)
- Series
- Bastion Cycle #1
- ISBN
- 9798331920302
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empress of Dust audiobook?
Empress of Dust runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Empress of Dust audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empress of Dust?
Empress of Dust is narrated by Charli Burrow.
Is Empress of Dust worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.