The Heretic Lives: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Heretic of the Federation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heretic Lives runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Stifel (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Heretic of the Federation
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 73 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Heretic Lives | 12.1 hrs |
| 2 | Young Apostate | 12.5 hrs |
| 3 | Time To Fear | 13.3 hrs |
| 4 | Battle Tested | 12.5 hrs |
| 5 | Hope But First War | 12.4 hrs |
| 6 | Angel of Armageddon | 10.1 hrs |
More narrated by David Stifel
David Stifel narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,191 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,859 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: Thrawn: Alliances
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Treason
- Armada
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 Heretic Lives is book 1 of Michael Anderle's Heretic of the Federation series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by David Stifel, released February 23, 2021, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Stifel
- Released
- February 23, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Science Fiction
- Series
- Heretic of the Federation #1
- ISBN
- 9781705292389
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heretic Lives as an audiobook?
The Heretic Lives runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Heretic Lives free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heretic Lives?
The Heretic Lives is narrated by David Stifel.
Is The Heretic Lives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.