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The Return by Karyn Langhorne Folan

The Return: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Ashes, Ashes series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return runs 7.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Karyn Langhorne Folan (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.8listening hrs
Apocalyptic & Dystopianstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Return at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Ashes, Ashes

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 15.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 22.8 hours in all.

About as long, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf

480 Apocalyptic & Dystopian 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 Return is book 3 of Karyn Langhorne Folan's Ashes, Ashes series: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Karyn Langhorne Folan, released September 16, 2022, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.8 hrs
Narrated by
Karyn Langhorne Folan
Released
September 16, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Apocalyptic & Dystopian
Series
Ashes, Ashes #3
ISBN
9798822630178

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Return as an audiobook?

The Return runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 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 Karyn Langhorne Folan.