The Great Unmaking: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Course of Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Unmaking runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bradford Hastings (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Course of Empire Series
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 36.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Sword Maker | 12.3 hrs |
| 2 | Five Tribes | 11.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Great Unmaking | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Bradford Hastings
Bradford Hastings narrates 93 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 950 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,019 Action & Adventure (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 Great Unmaking is book 3 of Brian Nelson's Course of Empire series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Bradford Hastings, released March 21, 2023, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bradford Hastings
- Released
- March 21, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- The Course of Empire Series #3
- ISBN
- 9781538479407
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Unmaking as an audiobook?
The Great Unmaking runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Great Unmaking free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Unmaking?
The Great Unmaking is narrated by Bradford Hastings.
Is The Great Unmaking worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.