The Scorched Earth: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Chaos Born series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Scorched Earth runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Phil Gigante (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Chaos Born
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 16.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 29.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children of Fire | 16.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Scorched Earth | 13.3 hrs |
More narrated by Phil Gigante
Phil Gigante narrates 188 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,860 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,348 Fantasy 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 Scorched Earth is book 2 of Drew Karpyshyn's Chaos Born series: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Phil Gigante, released August 19, 2014, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Phil Gigante
- Released
- August 19, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Chaos Born #2
- ISBN
- 9781480525139
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Scorched Earth as an audiobook?
The Scorched Earth runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is The Scorched Earth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Scorched Earth?
The Scorched Earth is narrated by Phil Gigante.
Is The Scorched Earth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.