The Return: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Voyagers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Voyagers Series
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 38.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 50.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voyagers | 13.6 hrs |
| 2 | Voyagers II: The Alien Within | 13.1 hrs |
| 3 | Voyagers III: Star Brothers | 11.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Return | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
Stefan Rudnicki narrates 744 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,226 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,981 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
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- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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 Return is book 4 of Ben Bova's Voyagers series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released August 4, 2009, on the Science Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Released
- August 4, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Voyagers Series #4
- ISBN
- 9781483051871
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Return as an audiobook?
The Return runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Return free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Return?
The Return is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Is The Return worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.