Tempest: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Tempest series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tempest audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Brown (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Tempest Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 35.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tempest | 10.8 hrs |
| 2 | Vortex: A Tempest Novel | 12.5 hrs |
| 3 | Timestorm: A Tempest Novel | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Matthew Brown
Matthew Brown narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 121 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
1,309 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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
Tempest is book 1 of Julie Cross's Tempest series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Brown, released January 17, 2012, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Brown
- Released
- January 17, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- The Tempest Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781427223135
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Tempest audiobook?
Tempest runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the Tempest audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Tempest?
Tempest is narrated by Matthew Brown.
Is Tempest worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.