Escalation: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Maelstrom Rising series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Escalation audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Steve Marvel (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Maelstrom Rising
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Escalation | 12.5 hrs |
| 2 | Holding Action | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Steve Marvel
Steve Marvel narrates 100 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 875 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
916 Action & Adventure (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
Escalation is book 1 of Peter Nealen's Maelstrom Rising series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve Marvel, released November 12, 2019, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve Marvel
- Released
- November 12, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Maelstrom Rising #1
- ISBN
- 9781541432444
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Escalation audiobook?
Escalation runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the Escalation audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Escalation?
Escalation is narrated by Steve Marvel.
Is Escalation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.