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The Returning by Beca Lewis

The Returning: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Rivers Of Time series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Returning runs 6.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Beca Lewis (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.7listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Returning at common listening paces
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30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 85% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

1,066 Contemporary Women 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 Returning is book 1 of Beca Lewis's Rivers Of Time series: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Beca Lewis, released February 17, 2025, on the Contemporary Women and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.7 hrs
Narrated by
Beca Lewis
Released
February 17, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
Series
Rivers Of Time #1
ISBN
9798347751198

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Returning as an audiobook?

The Returning runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is The Returning free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Returning?

The Returning is narrated by Beca Lewis.