Grip of Despair: Audiobook
Book 2 of the After the End series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Grip of Despair audiobook runs 4.6 hours unabridged, narrated by GM Hakim and Rob Vlock and others (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by GM Hakim
GM Hakim narrates 52 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 474 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
157 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Giver
- Chosen by Grace: Divine Fate Trilogy
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- Touched by Grace: Divine Fate Trilogy
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
Grip of Despair is book 2 of Sam J. Fires's After the End series: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by GM Hakim, Rob Vlock and Tara Sands, released November 5, 2024, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal and Action & Adventure (Teen & YA) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- GM Hakim, Rob Vlock, Tara Sands
- Released
- November 5, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal, Action & Adventure (Teen & YA)
- Series
- After the End #2
- ISBN
- 9781666680157
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Grip of Despair audiobook?
Grip of Despair runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is the Grip of Despair audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Grip of Despair?
Grip of Despair is narrated by GM Hakim, Rob Vlock and Tara Sands.