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The Eternal Prison by Jeff Somers

The Eternal Prison: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Avery Cates series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Eternal Prison runs 13.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Todd McLaren (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Eternal Prison at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Avery Cates

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 35.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Electric Church11 hrs
2The Digital Plague11.2 hrs
3The Eternal Prison13.1 hrs

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 Eternal Prison is book 3 of Jeff Somers's Avery Cates series: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd McLaren, released November 17, 2010, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.1 hrs
Narrated by
Todd McLaren
Released
November 17, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Avery Cates #3
ISBN
9781400186761

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Eternal Prison as an audiobook?

The Eternal Prison runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is The Eternal Prison free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Eternal Prison?

The Eternal Prison is narrated by Todd McLaren.

Is The Eternal Prison worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.4 hours.