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From the Ashes by Deborah Challinor

From the Ashes: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Restless Years series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the From the Ashes audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Rachel King (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish From the Ashes at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Restless Years

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 41.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1From the Ashes13.2 hrs
2The Jacaranda House13.3 hrs
3The Leonard Girls14.7 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,383 Historical (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

From the Ashes is book 1 of Deborah Challinor's Restless Years series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Rachel King, released November 16, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.2 hrs
Narrated by
Rachel King
Released
November 16, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
Series
The Restless Years #1
ISBN
9781460799451

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the From the Ashes audiobook?

From the Ashes runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is the From the Ashes audiobook free?

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

Who narrates From the Ashes?

From the Ashes is narrated by Rachel King.

Is From the Ashes worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.