The Rise: The Untold Story: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Originals series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rise: The Untold Story runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Originals
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rise: The Untold Story | 8 hrs |
| 2 | The Loss: The Untold Story | 7.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Resurrection: The Untold Story | 6.8 hrs |
More narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Saskia Maarleveld narrates 612 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,444 hours in all.
- The Alice Network
- First Lie Wins: Reese's Book Club Pick
- The Rose Code
- The God of the Woods
- The Indigo Girl
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
10,339 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- The Couple Next Door
- Call Me by Your Name
- The Correspondent
- Yellowface
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 Rise: The Untold Story is book 1 of Julie Plec's Originals series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Saskia Maarleveld, released January 27, 2015, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Released
- January 27, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- Series
- Originals #1
- ISBN
- 9781490680996
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rise: The Untold Story as an audiobook?
The Rise: The Untold Story runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is The Rise: The Untold Story free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rise: The Untold Story?
The Rise: The Untold Story is narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.