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The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton

The Neutronium Alchemist: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Night's Dawn series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Neutronium Alchemist runs 40.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lee (about 27 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

40.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 40.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Neutronium Alchemist at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day81 days
1 hour / day41 days
2 hours / day21 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×27 days

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

What our data says

  • At 40.5 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Night's Dawn Trilogy

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 41.2 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 81.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Reality Dysfunction41.2 hrs
2The Neutronium Alchemist40.5 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

39 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 Neutronium Alchemist is book 2 of Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn series: a 40.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released May 24, 2016, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
40.5 hrs
Narrated by
John Lee
Released
May 24, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Night's Dawn Trilogy #2
ISBN
9781515970729

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Neutronium Alchemist as an audiobook?

The Neutronium Alchemist runs 40.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 27 hours.

Is The Neutronium Alchemist free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Neutronium Alchemist?

The Neutronium Alchemist is narrated by John Lee.

Is The Neutronium Alchemist worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 27 hours, saving 13.5 hours.