The Echo: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Anomaly Quartet series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Echo runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rupert Farley (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Anomaly Quartet
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.4 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 39.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Explorer | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Echo | 11.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Edge | 9.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Ends | 9.8 hrs |
More narrated by Rupert Farley
Rupert Farley narrates 95 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 929 hours in all.
- Sharpe’s Rifles: The French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809
- Sharpe's Assassin: Richard Sharpe and the Occupation of Paris, 1815
- Sharpe's Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799
- Sharpe’s Waterloo: The Waterloo Campaign, 15–18 June, 1815
- Three Perfect Liars
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,988 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- The Troop
- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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 Echo is book 2 of James Smythe's Anomaly Quartet series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rupert Farley, released April 13, 2017, on the Epic Fantasy and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rupert Farley
- Released
- April 13, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Series
- The Anomaly Quartet #2
- ISBN
- 9780008223182
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Echo as an audiobook?
The Echo runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Echo free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Echo?
The Echo is narrated by Rupert Farley.
Is The Echo worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.