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The Gathering Storm by Kate Elliott

The Gathering Storm: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Crown of Stars series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gathering Storm runs 38.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shiromi Arserio (about 25.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

38.5listening hrs
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 38.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Gathering Storm at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day77 days
1 hour / day39 days
2 hours / day20 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×26 days

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

What our data says

  • At 38.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Crown of Stars

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 114.1 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 197.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1King's Dragon21.6 hrs
2Prince of Dogs22.4 hrs
3The Burning Stone32.5 hrs
4Child of Flame37.6 hrs
5The Gathering Storm38.5 hrs
6In The Ruins21.6 hrs
7Crown of Stars23.1 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf

22 Historical (Science Fiction & 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 Gathering Storm is book 5 of Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars series: a 38.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Shiromi Arserio, released November 29, 2022, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
38.5 hrs
Narrated by
Shiromi Arserio
Released
November 29, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
Crown of Stars #5
ISBN
9781666148787

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Gathering Storm as an audiobook?

The Gathering Storm runs 38.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 25.7 hours.

Is The Gathering Storm free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Gathering Storm?

The Gathering Storm is narrated by Shiromi Arserio.

Is The Gathering Storm worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 25.7 hours, saving 12.8 hours.