The Departure: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Owner series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Departure runs 16.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Noble (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Owner series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 49.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Departure | 16.9 hrs |
| 2 | Zero Point | 17.1 hrs |
| 3 | Jupiter War | 15.5 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Noble
Peter Noble narrates 336 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,121 hours in all.
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- The Dilemma
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- Stalingrad: The million-copy bestselling military history and award-winning account of the pivotal World War 2 battle
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
762 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 Departure is book 1 of Neal Asher's Owner series: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released October 12, 2017, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Noble
- Released
- October 12, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Owner series #1
- ISBN
- 9781509865086
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Departure as an audiobook?
The Departure runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.
Is The Departure free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Departure?
The Departure is narrated by Peter Noble.
Is The Departure worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.