Empress: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Godspeaker series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empress audiobook runs 20 hours unabridged, narrated by Josephine Bailey (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Godspeaker
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 63 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empress | 20 hrs |
| 2 | The Riven Kingdom | 21 hrs |
| 3 | Hammer of God | 22 hrs |
More narrated by Josephine Bailey
Josephine Bailey narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 490 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
493 Epic Fantasy 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 is book 1 of Karen Miller's Godspeaker series: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Josephine Bailey, released August 31, 2009, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Josephine Bailey
- Released
- August 31, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Godspeaker #1
- ISBN
- 9781400183166
How to listen to Empress free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empress audiobook?
Empress runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is the Empress audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empress?
Empress is narrated by Josephine Bailey.
Is Empress worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours.