The Illustrious: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sublime Electricity series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Illustrious runs 15.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Neil Hellegers (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.9 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sublime Electricity
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 60.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Illustrious | 15.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Heartless | 14.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Fallen | 15.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Dormant | 15 hrs |
More narrated by Neil Hellegers
Neil Hellegers narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,027 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
920 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 Illustrious is book 1 of Pavel Kornev's Sublime Electricity series: a 15.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Hellegers, released March 7, 2017, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Neil Hellegers
- Released
- March 7, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Sublime Electricity #1
- ISBN
- 9781515989295
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Illustrious as an audiobook?
The Illustrious runs 15.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is The Illustrious free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Illustrious?
The Illustrious is narrated by Neil Hellegers.
Is The Illustrious worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.