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Five Tribes by Brian A. Nelson

Five Tribes: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Course of Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Five Tribes audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Bradford Hastings (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.8listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Five Tribes at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Course of Empire Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 36.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Last Sword Maker12.3 hrs
2Five Tribes11.8 hrs
3The Great Unmaking12 hrs

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

1,056 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

Five Tribes is book 2 of Brian A. Nelson's Course of Empire series: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Bradford Hastings, released May 25, 2021, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.8 hrs
Narrated by
Bradford Hastings
Released
May 25, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
The Course of Empire Series #2
ISBN
9781538479339

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Five Tribes audiobook?

Five Tribes runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is the Five Tribes audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Five Tribes?

Five Tribes is narrated by Bradford Hastings.

Is Five Tribes worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.