The Chaos Balance: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Saga of Recluce series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chaos Balance runs 23 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 15.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 46 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Saga of Recluce
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 133.1 hours before it; books 1 to 25 run 562.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Magic of Recluce | 19.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Towers of the Sunset | 18.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Magic Engineer | 24.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Order War | 23 hrs |
| 5 | The Death of Chaos | 26 hrs |
| 6 | Fall of Angels | 22 hrs |
| 7 | The Chaos Balance | 23 hrs |
| 8 | The White Order | 17.2 hrs |
| 9 | Colors of Chaos | 30.2 hrs |
| 10 | Magi'i of Cyador | 20.1 hrs |
| 11 | Scion of Cyador | 26 hrs |
| 12 | Wellspring of Chaos | 16.4 hrs |
More narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne narrates 779 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,134 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
348 Epic Fantasy 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 Chaos Balance is book 7 of L. E. Modesitt Jr.'s Saga of Recluce series: a 23-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released March 11, 2014, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kirby Heyborne
- Released
- March 11, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Saga of Recluce #7
- ISBN
- 9781452686837
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Chaos Balance as an audiobook?
The Chaos Balance runs 23 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.3 hours.
Is The Chaos Balance free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Chaos Balance?
The Chaos Balance is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.
Is The Chaos Balance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.3 hours, saving 7.7 hours.