Hand of the Empire: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Rise of the Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hand of the Empire audiobook runs 7.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Sleep (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 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 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Rise of the Empire
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 55.2 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 90.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympus | 7.1 hrs |
| 2 | Sanctuary | 7.5 hrs |
| 3 | Out of the Ashes | 8.4 hrs |
| 4 | Warpath | 7.6 hrs |
| 5 | Inheritance | 8.7 hrs |
| 6 | Onslaught | 8.4 hrs |
| 7 | What War Had Wrought | 7.5 hrs |
| 8 | Hand of the Empire | 7.2 hrs |
| 9 | Conquest | 7 hrs |
| 10 | Nomad Fleet | 6.6 hrs |
| 11 | Black Swarm | 6.5 hrs |
| 12 | Villain | 7.8 hrs |
More narrated by Jonathan Sleep
Jonathan Sleep narrates 56 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 530 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,476 Science 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
Hand of the Empire is book 8 of Ivan Kal's Rise of the Empire series: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Sleep, released February 18, 2025, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Sleep
- Released
- February 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Rise of the Empire #8
- ISBN
- 9798855591804
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hand of the Empire audiobook?
Hand of the Empire runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is the Hand of the Empire audiobook free?
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Who narrates Hand of the Empire?
Hand of the Empire is narrated by Jonathan Sleep.