The Elixir of Life: Audiobook
Book 31 of the Sam Reilly series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Elixir of Life runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Gilmore (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sam Reilly
This is book 31. Books 1 to 30 run 304.7 hours before it; books 1 to 39 run 369.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Airship | 9.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Mahogany Ship | 7.6 hrs |
| 3 | Atlantis Stolen | 9.1 hrs |
| 4 | Rogue Wave | 9.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Cassidy Project | 9.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Nostradamus Equation | 14.1 hrs |
| 7 | The Third Temple | 10.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Aleutian Portal | 8.2 hrs |
| 9 | Code to Extinction | 9.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Ironclad Covenant | 10 hrs |
| 11 | The Heisenberg Legacy | 7.5 hrs |
| 12 | Omega Deep | 9.7 hrs |
More narrated by David Gilmore
David Gilmore narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 765 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,013 Action & Adventure (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 Elixir of Life is book 31 of Christopher Cartwright's Sam Reilly series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by David Gilmore, released February 5, 2025, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Gilmore
- Released
- February 5, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Sam Reilly #31
- ISBN
- 9798347985487
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Elixir of Life as an audiobook?
The Elixir of Life runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Elixir of Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Elixir of Life?
The Elixir of Life is narrated by David Gilmore.