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Payback by M.V. Viltch

Payback: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Earth Legions series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Payback audiobook runs 14.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Daniel Thomas May (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Payback at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Earth Legions

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 45 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Gold Squad13.1 hrs
2Payback14.8 hrs
3Turning Point17.1 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,155 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

Payback is book 2 of M.V. Viltch's Earth Legions series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Daniel Thomas May, released June 11, 2024, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.8 hrs
Narrated by
Daniel Thomas May
Released
June 11, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Earth Legions #2
ISBN
9798855525427

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Payback audiobook?

Payback runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.

Is the Payback audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Payback?

Payback is narrated by Daniel Thomas May.

Is Payback worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.