The Heirs of Earth: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Children of Earthrise series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heirs of Earth runs 11.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Children of Earthrise
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 59.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Heirs of Earth | 11.9 hrs |
| 2 | A Memory of Earth | 8.6 hrs |
| 3 | An Echo of Earth | 9.9 hrs |
| 4 | The War for Earth | 10.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Song of Earth | 10.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Legacy of Earth | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
Jeffrey Kafer narrates 348 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,896 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,923 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
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- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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 Heirs of Earth is book 1 of Daniel Arenson's Children of Earthrise series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeffrey Kafer, released May 8, 2018, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jeffrey Kafer
- Released
- May 8, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Children of Earthrise #1
- ISBN
- 9781977378736
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heirs of Earth as an audiobook?
The Heirs of Earth runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is The Heirs of Earth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heirs of Earth?
The Heirs of Earth is narrated by Jeffrey Kafer.
Is The Heirs of Earth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.