Fallen Empire: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Born of Ash series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fallen Empire audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by John Lee (about 8.3 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 78% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Born of Ash
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 36.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fallen Empire | 12.5 hrs |
| 2 | Infinity Control | 13.1 hrs |
| 3 | Phoenix Rising | 10.8 hrs |
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,793 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
Fallen Empire is book 1 of Marc Alan Edelheit's Born of Ash series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released October 26, 2021, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- October 26, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Born of Ash #1
- ISBN
- 9781977366412
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fallen Empire audiobook?
Fallen Empire runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the Fallen Empire audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Fallen Empire?
Fallen Empire is narrated by John Lee.
Is Fallen Empire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.