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The Emperor's Railroad by Guy Haley

The Emperor's Railroad: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Dreaming Cities series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Emperor's Railroad runs 5.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.4listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Emperor's Railroad at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

892 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 Emperor's Railroad is book 1 of Guy Haley's Dreaming Cities series: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Gerard Reynolds, released April 19, 2016, on the Fantasy and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.4 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Gerard Reynolds
Released
April 19, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
Series
The Dreaming Cities #1
ISBN
9781427273888

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Emperor's Railroad as an audiobook?

The Emperor's Railroad runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is The Emperor's Railroad free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Emperor's Railroad?

The Emperor's Railroad is narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.