Summertide: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Heritage Universe series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Summertide audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Geoffrey Howard (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Heritage Universe Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summertide | 8.6 hrs |
| 2 | Divergence | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | Transcendence | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by Geoffrey Howard
Geoffrey Howard narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 706 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,935 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
Summertide is book 1 of Charles Sheffield's Heritage Universe series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Geoffrey Howard, released January 28, 2010, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Geoffrey Howard
- Released
- January 28, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The Heritage Universe Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781481561938
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Summertide audiobook?
Summertide runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is the Summertide audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Summertide?
Summertide is narrated by Geoffrey Howard.