The Abyss Beyond Dreams: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Chronicle of the Fallers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Abyss Beyond Dreams runs 22.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lee (about 15 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 22.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Chronicle of the Fallers
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 49.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Abyss Beyond Dreams | 22.5 hrs |
| 2 | A Night Without Stars | 26.6 hrs |
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the Space Opera shelf
62 Space Opera 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
The Abyss Beyond Dreams is book 1 of Peter F. Hamilton's Chronicle of the Fallers series: a 22.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released October 21, 2014, on the Space Opera shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- October 21, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Space Opera
- Series
- Chronicle of the Fallers #1
- ISBN
- 9781494575328
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Abyss Beyond Dreams as an audiobook?
The Abyss Beyond Dreams runs 22.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15 hours.
Is The Abyss Beyond Dreams free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Abyss Beyond Dreams?
The Abyss Beyond Dreams is narrated by John Lee.
Is The Abyss Beyond Dreams worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15 hours, saving 7.5 hours.