Hidden Empire: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Saga of Seven Suns series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hidden Empire audiobook runs 20.2 hours unabridged, narrated by George Guidall (about 13.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Saga of Seven Suns
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 138.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hidden Empire | 20.2 hrs |
| 2 | A Forest of Stars | 20.7 hrs |
| 3 | Horizon Storms | 18.8 hrs |
| 4 | Scattered Suns | 20.8 hrs |
| 5 | Of Fire and Night: The Saga of Seven Suns, Book 5 | 18.5 hrs |
| 6 | Metal Swarm | 19.4 hrs |
| 7 | The Ashes of Worlds | 19.8 hrs |
More narrated by George Guidall
George Guidall narrates 722 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,374 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
419 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
Hidden Empire is book 1 of Kevin J. Anderson's Saga of Seven Suns series: a 20.2-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released December 22, 2004, on the Science Fiction and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Guidall
- Released
- December 22, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Action & Adventure (Fiction), Space Opera
- Series
- Saga of Seven Suns #1
- ISBN
- 9781440780967
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hidden Empire audiobook?
Hidden Empire runs 20.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.5 hours.
Is the Hidden Empire audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hidden Empire?
Hidden Empire is narrated by George Guidall.
Is Hidden Empire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.5 hours, saving 6.7 hours.