Forged in the Steppe: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Mongol Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forged in the Steppe audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 893 Asia audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mongol Empire
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 21.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forged in the Steppe | 7 hrs |
| 2 | The Big Tent | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | Empire Unraveled | 6.7 hrs |
More narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain
AI Voice Santiago Machain narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 304 hours in all.
About as long, on the Asia shelf
58 Asia 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
Forged in the Steppe is book 1 of Santiago Machain's Mongol Empire series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by AI Voice Santiago Machain, released December 2, 2025, on the Asia shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- AI Voice Santiago Machain
- Released
- December 2, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Asia
- Series
- Mongol Empire #1
- ISBN
- 9798295366079
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Forged in the Steppe audiobook?
Forged in the Steppe runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is the Forged in the Steppe audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Forged in the Steppe?
Forged in the Steppe is narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain.