The Empire's Ruin: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ashes of the Unhewn Throne series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Empire's Ruin runs 35.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Oliver Cudbill and Joe Jameson and others (about 23.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 35.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 72 days |
| 1 hour / day | 36 days |
| 2 hours / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 24 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 35.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Oliver Cudbill
Oliver Cudbill narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 65 hours in all.
- The Emperor's Blades
- Ghosted
- The Drama Llama: A story about soothing anxiety
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
83 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 Empire's Ruin is book 1 of Brian Staveley's Ashes of the Unhewn Throne series: a 35.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Cudbill, Joe Jameson and Moira Quirk, released July 6, 2021, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 35.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Oliver Cudbill, Joe Jameson, Moira Quirk
- Released
- July 6, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Ashes of the Unhewn Throne #1
- ISBN
- 9781511365055
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Empire's Ruin as an audiobook?
The Empire's Ruin runs 35.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 23.7 hours.
Is The Empire's Ruin free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Empire's Ruin?
The Empire's Ruin is narrated by Oliver Cudbill, Joe Jameson and Moira Quirk.
Is The Empire's Ruin worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 23.7 hours, saving 11.9 hours.