The Breath of God: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Opening of the World series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Breath of God runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Dufris (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 15 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Opening of the World
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 44 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beyond the Gap | 15 hrs |
| 2 | The Breath of God | 15 hrs |
| 3 | The Golden Shrine: A Tale of War at the Dawn of Time | 14 hrs |
More narrated by William Dufris
William Dufris narrates 321 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,110 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,114 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
The Breath of God is book 2 of Harry Turtledove's Opening of the World series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by William Dufris, released January 6, 2009, on the Science Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Dufris
- Released
- January 6, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Opening of the World #2
- ISBN
- 9781400177844
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Breath of God as an audiobook?
The Breath of God runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is The Breath of God free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Breath of God?
The Breath of God is narrated by William Dufris.
Is The Breath of God worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.