The Fateful Lightning: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fateful Lightning runs 25.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Michael (about 17 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 25.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 51 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 25.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Michael
Paul Michael narrates 186 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,849 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
186 Historical (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 Fateful Lightning is an audiobook by Jeff Shaara: a 25.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Michael, released June 2, 2015, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Michael
- Released
- June 2, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- ISBN
- 9780553551839
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fateful Lightning as an audiobook?
The Fateful Lightning runs 25.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17 hours.
Is The Fateful Lightning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fateful Lightning?
The Fateful Lightning is narrated by Paul Michael.
Is The Fateful Lightning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17 hours, saving 8.5 hours.