The First Ascent: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ascending Carbon series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Ascent runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anna Caputo (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Anna Caputo
Anna Caputo narrates 49 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 451 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,941 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- The Troop
- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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 First Ascent is book 1 of Douglas Phillips's Ascending Carbon series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Caputo, released February 16, 2026, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anna Caputo
- Released
- February 16, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Ascending Carbon #1
- ISBN
- 9798318513015
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Ascent as an audiobook?
The First Ascent runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The First Ascent free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Ascent?
The First Ascent is narrated by Anna Caputo.
Is The First Ascent worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.