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Escalation by Ryk Brown

Escalation: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Frontiers Saga Part 2 : Rogue Castes series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Escalation audiobook runs 7.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.3listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Escalation at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Frontiers Saga Part 2 : Rogue Castes

This is book 1. Books 1 to 15 run 146 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Escalation7.3 hrs
2Rescue8 hrs
3Resurrection8.5 hrs
4Rebellion8.3 hrs
5Balance10.9 hrs
6For the Triumph of Evil11 hrs
7Who Takes No Risk9.9 hrs
8Sanctuary11 hrs
9I am Justice10.2 hrs
10Retaliation8.5 hrs
11A Rock and a Hard Place9.1 hrs
12A Price Too High8.3 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,474 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

Escalation is book 1 of Ryk Brown's Frontiers Saga Part 2 : Rogue Castes series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeffrey Kafer, released February 11, 2020, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.3 hrs
Narrated by
Jeffrey Kafer
Released
February 11, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Frontiers Saga Part 2 : Rogue Castes #1
ISBN
9781541440678

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Escalation audiobook?

Escalation runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 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 Jeffrey Kafer.