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The Initiate Brother by Sean Russell

The Initiate Brother: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Initiate Brother series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Initiate Brother runs 16.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elijah Alexander (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.4listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Initiate Brother at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Initiate Brother Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 38.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Initiate Brother16.4 hrs
2Gatherer of Clouds22.1 hrs

About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf

711 Epic 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 Initiate Brother is book 1 of Sean Russell's Initiate Brother series: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Elijah Alexander, released May 12, 2011, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.4 hrs
Narrated by
Elijah Alexander
Released
May 12, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy
Series
The Initiate Brother Series #1
ISBN
9781483072524

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Initiate Brother as an audiobook?

The Initiate Brother runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is The Initiate Brother free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Initiate Brother?

The Initiate Brother is narrated by Elijah Alexander.

Is The Initiate Brother worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.