Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Ascendancy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5 audiobook runs 14.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Garrett Michael Brown (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ascendancy
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 76.2 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 90.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revelation: Ascendancy, Book 1 | 19.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Institute: Ascendancy, Book 2 | 19.1 hrs |
| 3 | Emergence: Ascendancy, Book 3 | 18.3 hrs |
| 4 | Alliance: Ascendancy, Book 4 | 19.7 hrs |
| 5 | Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5 | 14.7 hrs |
More narrated by Garrett Michael Brown
Garrett Michael Brown narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 216 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,184 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
Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5 is book 5 of D. Ward Cornell's Ascendancy series: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Garrett Michael Brown, released March 12, 2024, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Garrett Michael Brown
- Released
- March 12, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Ascendancy #5
- ISBN
- 9781039436428
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5 audiobook?
Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5 runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is the Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5?
Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5 is narrated by Garrett Michael Brown.
Is Return of the Ancients: Ascendancy, Book 5 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.