The Gates of Time: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Starsea Cycle series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gates of Time runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rob Brinkmann (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Starsea Cycle
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 91.4 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 113.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mages of Starsea | 8.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Orb of Binding | 11.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Rifts of Psyche | 15.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Chosen of the Manifold | 12.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Prophecy of the Seven | 9.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Fires of Hephaestus | 11.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Psion of Darkness: The Starsea Cycle | 9.9 hrs |
| 8 | The Siege of Earth | 12.4 hrs |
| 9 | The Gates of Time | 11.3 hrs |
| 10 | The Heart of Creation | 11.1 hrs |
More narrated by Rob Brinkmann
Rob Brinkmann narrates 28 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 306 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,081 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
- Dark Matter
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Rule of Two
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 Gates of Time is book 9 of Kyle West's Starsea Cycle series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rob Brinkmann, released January 11, 2024, on the Science Fiction and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rob Brinkmann
- Released
- January 11, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Space Opera
- Series
- The Starsea Cycle #9
- ISBN
- 9798868755453
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Gates of Time as an audiobook?
The Gates of Time runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is The Gates of Time free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Gates of Time?
The Gates of Time is narrated by Rob Brinkmann.
Is The Gates of Time worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.