Lodestar: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Firestar series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lodestar audiobook runs 17.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.6 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Firestar Saga
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 54.8 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 89.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firestar | 31.3 hrs |
| 2 | Rogue Star | 23.5 hrs |
| 3 | Lodestar | 17.6 hrs |
| 4 | Falling Stars | 17.2 hrs |
More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner
Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
676 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
Lodestar is book 3 of Michael Flynn's Firestar series: a 17.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released January 1, 2013, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Malcolm Hillgartner
- Released
- January 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The Firestar Saga #3
- ISBN
- 9781624609183
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Lodestar audiobook?
Lodestar runs 17.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.
Is the Lodestar audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Lodestar?
Lodestar is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.
Is Lodestar worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.9 hours.