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Imperial Sunset by Eric Thomson

Imperial Sunset: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Ashes of Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Imperial Sunset audiobook runs 11.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Boehmer (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Imperial Sunset at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Ashes of Empire

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 47.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Imperial Sunset11.3 hrs
2Imperial Twilight12.4 hrs
3Imperial Night12 hrs
4Imperial Echoes12.1 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,068 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

Imperial Sunset is book 1 of Eric Thomson's Ashes of Empire series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Boehmer, released September 28, 2021, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.3 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Boehmer
Released
September 28, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Ashes of Empire #1
ISBN
9781666150629

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Imperial Sunset audiobook?

Imperial Sunset runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is the Imperial Sunset audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Imperial Sunset?

Imperial Sunset is narrated by Paul Boehmer.

Is Imperial Sunset worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.