The Onset: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Student Wants to Live series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Onset runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nick Mondelli (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Student Wants to Live
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 60.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Onset | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Architects | 9.4 hrs |
| 3 | Sangis | 10.1 hrs |
| 4 | The War of the Clans | 10.8 hrs |
| 5 | Level Run | 10.5 hrs |
| 6 | Blood Emperor | 10.2 hrs |
More narrated by Nick Mondelli
Nick Mondelli narrates 152 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,300 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,141 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 Onset is book 1 of Boris Romanovsky's A Student Wants to Live series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Mondelli, released April 25, 2023, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Mondelli
- Released
- April 25, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Science Fiction
- Series
- A Student Wants to Live #1
- ISBN
- 9781666638653
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Onset as an audiobook?
The Onset runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Onset free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Onset?
The Onset is narrated by Nick Mondelli.