The Great Ordeal: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Aspect-Emperor series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Ordeal runs 21.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin Orton (about 14.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 21.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Aspect-Emperor
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 44.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 87.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Judging Eye | 19.1 hrs |
| 2 | The White-Luck Warrior | 25.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Great Ordeal | 21.3 hrs |
| 4 | The Unholy Consult | 21.2 hrs |
More narrated by Kevin Orton
Kevin Orton narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 346 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
368 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 Great Ordeal is book 3 of R. Scott Bakker's Aspect-Emperor series: a 21.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Orton, released July 12, 2016, on the Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin Orton
- Released
- July 12, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy
- Series
- Aspect-Emperor #3
- ISBN
- 9781470380267
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Ordeal as an audiobook?
The Great Ordeal runs 21.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.2 hours.
Is The Great Ordeal free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Ordeal?
The Great Ordeal is narrated by Kevin Orton.
Is The Great Ordeal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.2 hours, saving 7.1 hours.