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The Mage-Fire War by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

The Mage-Fire War: Audiobook

Book 21 of the Saga of Recluce series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mage-Fire War runs 22.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 14.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

22.4listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 22.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Mage-Fire War at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day45 days
1 hour / day23 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

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

What our data says

  • At 22.4 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Saga of Recluce

This is book 21. Books 1 to 20 run 456.3 hours before it; books 1 to 25 run 562.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Magic of Recluce19.3 hrs
2The Towers of the Sunset18.3 hrs
3The Magic Engineer24.5 hrs
4The Order War23 hrs
5The Death of Chaos26 hrs
6Fall of Angels22 hrs
7The Chaos Balance23 hrs
8The White Order17.2 hrs
9Colors of Chaos30.2 hrs
10Magi'i of Cyador20.1 hrs
11Scion of Cyador26 hrs
12Wellspring of Chaos16.4 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 Mage-Fire War is book 21 of L. E. Modesitt Jr.'s Saga of Recluce series: a 22.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released August 13, 2019, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
22.4 hrs
Narrated by
Kirby Heyborne
Released
August 13, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy
Series
Saga of Recluce #21
ISBN
9781977330475

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Mage-Fire War as an audiobook?

The Mage-Fire War runs 22.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.9 hours.

Is The Mage-Fire War free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Mage-Fire War?

The Mage-Fire War is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.

Is The Mage-Fire War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.9 hours, saving 7.5 hours.