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The Ascension Factor by Bill Ransom, Frank Herbert

The Ascension Factor: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Pandora Sequence series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ascension Factor runs 14.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Brick (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.2listening hrs
Space Operastore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Ascension Factor at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Pandora Sequence

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 32.8 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 47 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Jesus Incident16.8 hrs
2The Lazarus Effect16 hrs
3The Ascension Factor14.2 hrs

About as long, on the Space Opera shelf

337 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 Ascension Factor is book 3 of Bill Ransom's Pandora Sequence series: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Brick, released April 28, 2015, on the Space Opera shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.2 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Brick
Released
April 28, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Space Opera
Series
The Pandora Sequence #3
ISBN
9781482994728

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ascension Factor as an audiobook?

The Ascension Factor runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is The Ascension Factor free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Ascension Factor?

The Ascension Factor is narrated by Scott Brick.

Is The Ascension Factor worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.