The Rising: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Badlands series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rising runs 6.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kale Williams (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Badlands
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.4 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 40.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badlands | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Rising | 6.8 hrs |
| 3 | Loose Ends | 6.4 hrs |
| 4 | No Surrender | 6.3 hrs |
| 5 | Point Blank | 6.9 hrs |
| 6 | Thunder Road | 5.5 hrs |
More narrated by Kale Williams
Kale Williams narrates 130 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,151 hours in all.
About as long, on the Paranormal shelf
1,101 Paranormal 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 Rising is book 2 of Morgan Brice's Badlands series: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Kale Williams, released June 18, 2019, on the Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kale Williams
- Released
- June 18, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Paranormal
- Series
- Badlands #2
- ISBN
- 9781977341044
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rising as an audiobook?
The Rising runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is The Rising free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rising?
The Rising is narrated by Kale Williams.