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Sun Born by Kathleen O'neal Gear, W. Michael Gear

Sun Born: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Morning Star series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sun Born audiobook runs 16.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Charlie Thurston (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.9listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Sun Born at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Morning Star

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 18.3 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 35.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1People of the Morning Star18.3 hrs
2Sun Born16.9 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

922 Historical (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

Sun Born is book 2 of Kathleen O'neal Gear's Morning Star series: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Charlie Thurston, released January 19, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.9 hrs
Narrated by
Charlie Thurston
Released
January 19, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), The Americas
Series
Morning Star #2
ISBN
9781705213520

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Sun Born audiobook?

Sun Born runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.

Is the Sun Born audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Sun Born?

Sun Born is narrated by Charlie Thurston.

Is Sun Born worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.