The Precipice: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Asteroid Wars series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Precipice runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Amanda Karr and Scott Brick (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Asteroid Wars
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 47.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Precipice | 12.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Rock Rats | 10.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Silent War: Book III of The Asteroid Wars | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Aftermath: Book Four of The Asteroid Wars | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Amanda Karr
Amanda Karr narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 97 hours in all.
- Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Saga
- First Meetings: In Ender's Universe
- The Silent War: Book III of The Asteroid Wars
- Titan: A Tale of Cataclysmic Discovery
- Saturn
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,813 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 Precipice is book 1 of Ben Bova's Asteroid Wars series: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Amanda Karr and Scott Brick, released February 1, 2005, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Amanda Karr, Scott Brick
- Released
- February 1, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Asteroid Wars #1
- ISBN
- 9781593974916
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Precipice as an audiobook?
The Precipice runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Precipice free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Precipice?
The Precipice is narrated by Amanda Karr and Scott Brick.
Is The Precipice worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.