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The Liberation by Ian Tregillis

The Liberation: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Alchemy Wars series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Liberation runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris Kayser (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.5listening hrs
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Liberation at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Alchemy Wars

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 31 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 45.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Mechanical15 hrs
2The Rising16 hrs
3The Liberation14.5 hrs

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 Liberation is book 3 of Ian Tregillis's Alchemy Wars series: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Kayser, released December 6, 2016, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.5 hrs
Narrated by
Chris Kayser
Released
December 6, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
The Alchemy Wars #3
ISBN
9781478913443

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Liberation as an audiobook?

The Liberation runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is The Liberation free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Liberation?

The Liberation is narrated by Chris Kayser.

Is The Liberation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.