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The Rising by Jon Land, Heather Graham

The Rising: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Rising series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rising runs 11.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Luke Daniels (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Rising at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 4,338 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Luke Daniels

Luke Daniels narrates 126 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,178 hours in all.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

564 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Rising is book 1 of Jon Land's Rising series: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Luke Daniels, released January 17, 2017, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.8 hrs
Narrated by
Luke Daniels
Released
January 17, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Rising #1
ISBN
9781427273444

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Rising as an audiobook?

The Rising runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 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 Luke Daniels.

Is The Rising worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.