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Grave Empire by Richard Swan

Grave Empire: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Great Silence series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Grave Empire audiobook runs 16.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Nathaniel Priestley and Zoe Mills (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.6listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Grave Empire at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Nathaniel Priestley

Nathaniel Priestley narrates 115 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,035 hours in all.

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

347 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

Grave Empire is book 1 of Richard Swan's Great Silence series: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Nathaniel Priestley and Zoe Mills, released February 4, 2025, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.6 hrs
Narrated by
Nathaniel Priestley, Zoe Mills
Released
February 4, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy
Series
The Great Silence #1
ISBN
9781668647660

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Grave Empire audiobook?

Grave Empire runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.

Is the Grave Empire audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Grave Empire?

Grave Empire is narrated by Nathaniel Priestley and Zoe Mills.

Is Grave Empire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.