The Gene of Ancients: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Rogue Merchant series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gene of Ancients runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Bendena (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Rogue Merchant
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15.4 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 84.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Starlight Sword | 15.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Gene of Ancients | 12.5 hrs |
| 3 | Shadow Seer | 9.4 hrs |
| 4 | Battle for the North | 11 hrs |
| 5 | The Devil Archetype | 11.5 hrs |
| 6 | The Dreamweaver | 14.1 hrs |
| 7 | The Starlight Fleet | 10.6 hrs |
More narrated by David Bendena
David Bendena narrates 89 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 849 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,760 Science 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 Gene of Ancients is book 2 of Roman Prokofiev's Rogue Merchant series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Bendena, released July 18, 2023, on the Science Fiction and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Bendena
- Released
- July 18, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Rogue Merchant #2
- ISBN
- 9781666641981
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Gene of Ancients as an audiobook?
The Gene of Ancients runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Gene of Ancients free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Gene of Ancients?
The Gene of Ancients is narrated by David Bendena.
Is The Gene of Ancients worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.