The Mechanical: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Alchemy Wars series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mechanical runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris Kayser (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Alchemy Wars
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 45.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mechanical | 15 hrs |
| 2 | The Rising | 16 hrs |
| 3 | The Liberation | 14.5 hrs |
More narrated by Chris Kayser
Chris Kayser narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 194 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,114 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 Mechanical is book 1 of Ian Tregillis's Alchemy Wars series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Kayser, released March 10, 2015, on the Science Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris Kayser
- Released
- March 10, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Alchemy Wars #1
- ISBN
- 9781478983057
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mechanical as an audiobook?
The Mechanical runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is The Mechanical free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mechanical?
The Mechanical is narrated by Chris Kayser.
Is The Mechanical worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.