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Grail by Elizabeth Bear

Grail: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Jacob's Ladder series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Grail audiobook runs 12.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Alma Cuervo (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Grail at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Jacob's Ladder

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 33.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Dust10.2 hrs
2Chill11 hrs
3Grail12.3 hrs

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

Grail is book 3 of Elizabeth Bear's Jacob's Ladder series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Alma Cuervo, released March 23, 2012, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Alma Cuervo
Released
March 23, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Jacob's Ladder #3
ISBN
9781464029592

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Grail audiobook?

Grail runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is the Grail audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Grail?

Grail is narrated by Alma Cuervo.

Is Grail worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.