The Gilded Cage: A post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi thriller about two fugitives who escape a dying domed city, only to face the monster-infested wastes and a government conspiracy.: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Age Of Fracture series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gilded Cage: A post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi thriller about two fugitives who escape a dying domed city, only to face the monster-infested wastes and a government conspiracy. runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Zmuda (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Zmuda
Michael Zmuda narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 69 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,934 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 Gilded Cage: A post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi thriller about two fugitives who escape a dying domed city, only to face the monster-infested wastes and a government conspiracy. is book 1 of Michael Zmuda's Age Of Fracture series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Zmuda, released March 14, 2026, on the Science Fiction and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Zmuda
- Released
- March 14, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- Series
- Age Of Fracture #1
- ISBN
- 9798240051951
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How long is The Gilded Cage: A post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi thriller about two fugitives who escape a dying domed city, only to face the monster-infested wastes and a government conspiracy. as an audiobook?
The Gilded Cage: A post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi thriller about two fugitives who escape a dying domed city, only to face the monster-infested wastes and a government conspiracy. runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
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The Gilded Cage: A post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi thriller about two fugitives who escape a dying domed city, only to face the monster-infested wastes and a government conspiracy. is narrated by Michael Zmuda.